‘Hard Sell’ Ahead For Iran Deal, But Congress Has No Real Kill Switch
By Molly O'Toole, July 13, 2015 Defense One
Shortly after President Obama announced a nuclear deal with Iran on Tuesday — and long before the detailed text became available — verdicts began flowing in from lawmakers. Some were already vowing to “undo” the agreement, others gave tepid support, but nearly all ignored the reality: that while Obama’s achievement faces a tough sell on the Hill, even if lawmakers were to oppose his push, they have no real kill switch.
“I want to read the agreement in detail and fully understand it, but I begin from a place of deep skepticism,” said Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker, R-Tenn. “Relieving sanctions would make the Tehran regime flush with cash and could create a more dangerous threat to the United States and its allies.”
Corker has said throughout the negotiations that the administration “crossed red line after red line.” His committee has primary jurisdiction for reviewing the deal, under legislation he pushed through debate and brinksmanship to a 98-1 vote in May.
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