en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_the_Iran_nuclear_deal
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As it stands the Iran deal was made as an executive agreement.
U.S. officials did not classify the JCPOA as an executive agreement. The State Department said it was a nonbinding political commitment, 'not a treaty or an executive agreement.'
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This sentence misstates the U.S. government’s own characterization of the JCPOA.
After the deal was concluded, the State Department told Congress that the JCPOA was 'not a treaty or an executive agreement' and instead reflected political commitments. Congressional Research Service analysis likewise described the Obama administration’s position as that the JCPOA was a nonbinding political commitment.
So calling the Iran deal an executive agreement is inaccurate as a matter of the U.S. executive branch’s stated legal position.
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- State Department Affirms That Iran Deal Is Only a Political Commitment | Lawfare
The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) is not a treaty or an executive agreement, and is not a signed document. The JCPOA reflects political commitments...
- U.S. Decision to Cease Implementing the Iran Nuclear Agreement - EveryCRSReport.com
officials in the Obama Administration asserted that the JCPOA is a nonbinding political commitment, and Trump Administration officials continued that assertion.
Gohmert said he would leave Congress if the resolution was passed.
That is not what Gohmert offered. He said he would not run for re-election only if congressional leaders treated the Iran deal as a treaty and held the constitutional votes he demanded.
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This sentence compresses Gohmert’s offer into something materially different.
Gohmert did not say he would leave Congress simply if his resolution passed. In his own press release and in an interview with KLTV, he said he would not run for re-election only if House and Senate leaders agreed to treat the Iran deal as a treaty and proceed with the kind of constitutional vote he was demanding.
That is a narrower, conditional pledge. Passing the resolution itself was not the condition he stated.
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- Gohmert Introduces Resolution to Declare Iran Deal a Treaty and Offers Not to Run ONLY IF the Constitution is Followed Regarding the Iran Treaty - Former Rep. Louie Gohmert Official Press Release | LegiStorm
If the House Leadership will vote on my resolution... and then the Senate has a vote on ratifying the Iran treaty... then, I give you my word: I will not run for re-election.
- Rep. Louie Gohmert pledges not to run again if Congress treats Iran deal as treaty
He pledged that if Republican leaders in Congress agree to his proposal, he will not run for re-election.