Republicans Slam Iran Nuclear Deal, Vow to Kill It
By James Arkin, July 14, 2015 Real Clear Politics
Republicans in Congress have for months been openly skeptical of the Obama administration’s nuclear negotiations with Iran, and when a deal was announced Tuesday morning, they denounced it and pledged to try to stop it.
Given the parameters of lawmakers’ ability to review the agreement, however, drumming up the necessary support to actually block it will prove difficult.
President Obama announced the pact in a statement from the White House early Tuesday, and said it “offers an opportunity to move in a new direction. We should seize it.”
Obama said the deal would cut off Iran’s pathways to nuclear weapons, be subject to strict verification standards, force Iran to get rid of 98 percent of its stockpile of enriched uranium and permanently prohibit Iran from pursuing a nuclear weapon. Needless to say, most Republicans in Congress disagreed with the president’s assessment. House Speaker John Boehner said Obama “abandoned his own goals.”
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