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Related: About this forumU.S. bill would require congressional review of any Iran deal
Source: Reuters
WASHINGTON Fri Feb 27, 2015 6:49pm EST
(Reuters) - U.S. senators introduced legislation late on Friday requiring congressional review of any deal with Iran over its nuclear program.
The Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act would require President Barack Obama to submit to Congress the text of any agreement within five days of concluding a final deal with Iran. The bill would also prohibit Obama from suspending or waiving sanctions on Iran passed by Congress for 60 days after a deal.
"It is important that we preserve the integrity of the congressional sanctions," said Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker, a Republican who sponsored the measure with Senator Bob Menendez, the top Democrat on the panel, and others.
The bill creates a "responsible review process that will allow Congress the opportunity to approve or disapprove the agreement before the administration could attempt to remove these sanctions," Corker said.
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djean111
(14,255 posts)powers?
karynnj
(59,475 posts)Menendez should be primaried. I am so sorry I ever canvassed or phone banked for him.
Yupster
(14,308 posts)I guess the question is what is a treaty?
NAFTA had to be approved by the senate for instance.
karynnj
(59,475 posts)Most of the sanctions included language that allows the President to waive the sanctions.
I suspect that the WH will make a very strong effort to defend CLEARLY what the agreement is if one is reached and what the alternatives are. They have already proactively responded to some of Netanyahu's likely points. They ask what he thinks should be done as an alternative.
The facts are that sanctions do damage only when most big countries enforce them. It is pretty clear that the sanctions will fail if Netanyahu manages to derail the agreement. The US has not done a huge amount of business with Iran for decades. Unilateral US sanctions no matter how strong will have little impact.
Meanwhile, we lose the ability to monitor Iran. At this point, an agreement is by far the best solution and I trust Kerry and Obama to do the best job they can to achieve one.