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Dems still weighing Iran deal
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said the administration’s robust
selling of the deal strengthens
the Democratic stance on Capi-
tol Hill. “We don’t need to be an
island right now,” said Grijalva,
who has pledged to support it.
At one meeting at the White
House, New York Rep. Jerrold
Nadler said Obama acknowl-
edged that the deal was not per-
fect and that Iran would still
have an “odious” government.
“He makes an impressive
case, but there are still questions
I have,” said Nadler, a Jewish
representative who has met one-
on-one with the president.
The lengthy August recess
will be a test, with multimillion-
dollar ad campaigns and heavy
lobbying by both sides, includ-
ing the pro-Israel lobby, Amer-
ican Israel Public Affairs Com-
mittee. Some members of Con-
gress are going on trips to Israel,
with some arranged by the
American Israel Education
Foundation, a charitable organi-
zation affiliated with AIPAC, a
deal foe.
Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., said
he thinks most senators have an
idea of how they’ll vote. “Prob-
ably everybody has a lean al-
ready,” he said, adding that he
still is undecided and has linger-
ing questions.
Democratic Caucus Chair-
man Rep. Xavier Becerra of Cal-
ifornia said he’s still talking to
people on both sides of the issue.
“I’m in no rush to make a deci-
sion because there’s no rush to
cast a vote,” Becerra said.
By Deb Riechmann
Associated Press
WASHINGTON - Deter-
mined to secure support for the
Iran nuclear deal, President Ba-
rack Obama is making inroads
with a tough constituency — his
fellow Democrats in Congress.
A handful of key Democrats
stepped forward to support the
accord within hours of Obama’s
personal lobbying at the White
House this past week, part of the
administration’s all-out cam-
paign since the pact was an-
nounced July 14. Other Demo-
crats have signaled they are
leaning in favor and still others
have remained undeclared,
awaiting a vote in September.
The deal, which curbs Iran’s
nuclear program in exchange for
relief from sanctions smother-
ing its economy, is not a tradi-
tional fight between the White
House and Republicans, who
control the House and Senate.
This is about Obama, who has
often been at odds with congres-
sional Democrats, trying to ca-
jole them just weeks after a divi-
sive debate over trade.
The president has talked to
more than 80 lawmakers, either
individually or in small groups,
administration officials said.
Obama, who delivers a speech
on the deal Wednesday at Amer-
ican University, also hosted a re-
ception for about 100 House
Democrats at the White House.
Vice President Joe Biden has
traveled to the Capitol and invit-
ed lawmakers for breakfast at
the Naval Observatory. Cabinet
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A car drives by HitchBOT, a hitchhiking robot, on July 17 in
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Hitchhiking robot’s
cross-country trip in
U.S. ends in Philly
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Rep. Raul Grijalva, D-Ariz., gestures as he speaks Feb. 27,2013,
during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington.
and other administration offi-
cials have spoken with more
than 175 lawmakers. A member
of the International Atomic En-
ergy Agency is expected to brief
lawmakers next week.
Energy Secretary Ernest Mo-
niz’s recent exchange with
Maryland Rep. Steny Hoyer, the
No. 3 Democratic leader in the
House, shows the extent of the
administration’s
backward persuasion campaign.
“I’m briefing later,” Moniz told
Hoyer in a hallway. “Are you
coming? And if there’s anything
you want to know more person-
ally, give me a call. I can expand.”
Lawmakers can vote to ap-
prove, disapprove or take no ac-
tion on the deal. Obama says
he’ll veto a congressional disap-
proval and would need 34 mem-
bers of the Senate or 146 mem-
bers of the House to stand with
him so Congress can’t override
his veto.
“In the real world, this is a
deal that gets the job done,” Oba-
ma said in a conference call with
supporters.
Several Democrats said Oba-
ma’s detailed understanding of
the accord won their respect.
Michigan Rep. Dan Kildee,
who announced his support for
the pact, said Obama knows as
much about the deal as the ne-
gotiators. Kildee’s support was a
victory for Obama because one
of his constituents, former U.S.
Marine Amir Hekmati, is
among four Americans held or
missing in Iran. Republicans
have argued that the release of
the four should have been a part
of any final deal.
Arizona Rep. Raul Grijalva
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A
hitchhiking robot that captured
the hearts of fans worldwide
met its demise in the U.S.
The Canadian researchers
who created hitchBOT as a so-
cial experiment told The Associ-
ated Press that someone in Phil-
adelphia damaged the robot be-
yond repair on Saturday, ending
its first American tour after
about two weeks.
The kid-size robot set out to
travel cross-country after suc-
cessfully hitchhiking across
Canada in 26 days last year and
parts of Europe. It is immobile
on its own, so it gets from place
to place by relying on the kind-
ness of strangers.
It started in Marblehead,
Massachusetts, on July 17 with its
thumb raised skyward, a grin on
its digital face and tape wrapped
around its cylindrical head that
read “San Francisco or bust.”
It bounced around the Bos-
ton area and was briefly taken to
sea. One day, it took in a Red Sox
game. But hitchBOT never
made it off the East Coast.
The creators were sent an
image of the vandalized robot
Saturday but cannot track its lo-
cation because the battery is
dead. They said they don’t know
who destroyed it or why. But co-
creator Frauke Zeller said many
children who adored the robot
are now heartbroken.
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souri Sen. Jim Talent and for-
mer Indiana Gov. Mitch Dan-
iels, who was also in attendance.
Leaders of two of the largest
Koch-backed political entities,
Americans for Prosperity and
Freedom Partners, have said
they will not spend money to in-
fluence the Republican presi-
dential primary, instead holding
back their resources to spend on
defeating the Democratic nomi-
nee in November 2016.
Still, many of the men and
women at the donor conference,
including the Kochs themselves,
have the ability to spend mil-
lions of dollars backing their
preferred candidate.
David Koch has said several
times in recent months Walker
would make a great president,
while asserting he is not plan-
ning to formally endorse any-
one.
The party has routinely por-
trayed the brothers
Koch Industries is one of the
largest private companies in the
country — as greedy corporate
tycoons whose work in politics is
an end to padding their bank ac-
counts. The brothers, who are
billionaires many times over and
rank among the wealthiest peo-
ple in the world, dismiss the crit-
icisms.
‘We’re doing all this to make
more money? I mean, that is so
ludicrous,” Charles Koch said of
his political involvement during
a rare interview in April with
USA Today.
Other GOP presidential can-
didates — Jeb Bush, Marco Ru-
bio and Ted Cruz — were sched-
uled to address the group Sun-
day. Each is being interviewed
separately by Mike Allen, a jour-
nalist at the Washington publi-
cation Politico. Other Republi-
cans mingling with donors over
cocktails on a lawn ringed with
palm trees and decorative col-
umns that overlooks the Pacific
Ocean included Colorado Sen.
Cory Gardner and Arizona Gov.
Doug Ducey.
Asked about some of his Cab-
inet choices, should he be cho-
sen as GOP nominee and elect-
ed next November, Walker
named fellow hopefuls Fiorina
and retired neurosurgeon Ben
By Julie Bykowicz
Associated Press
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Koch welcomed a group of
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draisers to one of his biannual
conferences Saturday by chal-
lenging them to advocate for
ending “corporate cronyism” —
even if those policies help their
businesses.
Koch, who along with broth-
er David has long pressed for a
federal government that collects
fewer taxes and issues fewer reg-
ulation, said cutting back special
treatment for business is the first
step to ending a “two-tiered soci-
ety” and encouraging “princi-
pled entrepreneurship”
“Where I believe we need to
start in reforming welfare is
eliminating welfare for the
wealthy,” Koch said. “This
means stopping the subsidies,
mandates and preferences for
business that enrich the haves at
the expense of the have nots.”
Most recently, the Kochs
have been strong advocates of
the shutting down the federal
Export-Import Bank, and their
groups have spent money on ad-
vertisements and outreach to
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tives over to their side on the is-
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lars to enrich the country’s big-
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The Koch brothers and their
network of donors, many in at-
tendance at the weekend event
at a luxury resort south of Los
Angeles, are preparing to spend
$889 million to influence elec-
tions next year — much of it
aimed at ushering a Republican
to the White House. As such,
among those in attendance were
several of the GOP candidates
for president, including Wiscon-
sin Gov. Scott Walker and for-
mer technology executive Carly
Fiorina.
Walker compared the Koch
donor conference with the tea
party rallies of five years ago,
saying both groups of people are
motivated by the same frustra-
tion with politics and desire to
see the country improved.
“I wish the whole world could
see what goes on here,” he told
the donors, adding he believes
they’re not giving to political
candidates out of personal fi-
nancial interests. “You’re here
because you love America.”
Democrats would disagree
and have done so vehemently.
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