These Former Dem Senate and House Members are Whipping Their Old Colleagues Against Iran Deal

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These Former Dem Senate and House Members are Whipping Their Old Colleagues Against Iran Deal

by Bridget Johnson July 27, 2015 - 7:55 am

 

You may be seeing a lot of promoted tweets and ads — and more to come — from Citizens for a Nuclear Free Iran, whipping against the Iran nuclear deal.

 

Meet the advisory board for 501©(4) CNFI: all former congressional Democrats now lobbying their old colleagues to vote against a bad deal.

 

There’s former two-term Sen. Evan Bayh (D-Ind.), who decided not to run for re-election in 2010. He sat on the Senate Armed Services and Intelligence committees.

There’s former Sen. Mark Begich (D-Alaska), who was defeated last fall by now-Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska).

 

There’s former Rep. Shelley Berkley (D-Nev.), who ran for the Senate in 2012 and lost to Sen. Dean Heller (R-Nev.). She also sits on the board of directors at The Israel Project.

 

And former Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.), who was defeated by Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) last fall. She, like Begich, had a history of defying the Obama administration on Iran sanction