Merkley on Sunday, August 30, 2015, became the 31st senator to announce support for the Iran nuclear deal, as momentum builds behind the agreement the Obama administration and other world powers negotiated with Tehran. The appearance of more unity would strengthen the global community’s hand in forcing Iran to comply with the nuclear agreement, backers say.
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The U.S. Congress has until September 17 to approve or reject the agreement, which lifts global sanctions in exchange for Tehran scaling back and allowing monitoring of its nuclear program. The president has promised to veto it, however, and it will be an uphill battle for Republicans to muster the two-thirds majority necessary to override his veto.
“What Obama has done has, in effect, sanctioned the acquisition by Iran of nuclear capability”.
Congress was always getting a bum deal when it agreed, thanks to the efforts of Sen.
Biden has been a key pitchman for the administration’s Iran deal and tried to sell House and Senate Democrats on the deal in July.
Our main reason for writing this letter is to demonstrate that one can care deeply for Israel and support the signing of the Iran deal.
The disapproval resolution is certain to pass the House, though Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi has declared that Democrats have the votes to sustain an Obama veto.
He acknowledged that he has been supportive of the deal for many weeks now, holding regular conversations with White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough on the details of the deal and the congressional review process. President Obama has warned that if this deal doesn’t go through, military action would be imminent. Bob Menendez of New Jersey, a former Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman, are the only two members of their party in the Senate who have said they oppose the agreement.
One pro-deal group tracking the vote said it was confident of only about six or seven of the 15 remaining undecided Democrats eventually backing the deal.
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“First, this is a good agreement on the merits, imposing the toughest inspections and verification regime in history, and a diplomatic solution is certainly less costly in American blood and treasure than any possible military option”, Reid said.
