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Breaking News House Approves Iran Nuclear Bill — Sends to President
House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to pass legislation giving Congress the right to review — and possibly seek to reject — an international nuclear agreement with Iran. The 400-25 vote sends the legislation to the White House, where administration officials have said President Barack Obama will sign it into law. The Iran Nuclear…
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Breaking News Despite Iran Bill, Congress Has Scant Hope of Blocking Deal
The Iran deal may not be done, but bids by its opponents to shape it are all but buried. Skeptics of the nuclear negotiations have all but given up on a congressional role before the June 30 deadline for an agreement between Iran and the major powers. “I’m not sure there’s anything anyone can do…
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Breaking News Jockeying on Iran Bill Moves On to House
Congress considers a bill that would grant it review over any Iran nuclear deal. President Barack Obama says, if it ties my hands, I’ll veto it. (JTA) So Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.), get together and they hammer out a bill everyone can…
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Breaking News Republicans Clear Way for Vote on Iran Nuclear Bill
(Reuters) — The Republican leader of the U.S. Senate cleared the way on Tuesday for a vote on a bill that would give Congress the power to review an international nuclear agreement with Iran, ending debate over efforts to use the measure to impose more conditions on Tehran. Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said…
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Breaking News Real Threat to Israel Is Iran’s Allies — Not Nukes
While Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thunders against a looming Iranian nuclear deal, his defense chiefs see a more pressing menace from Tehran’s guerrilla allies. Chief among these is Hezbollah, the Lebanese militia that fought Israeli forces to a stand-still in their 2006 war and has since expanded its arsenal and honed its skills helping…
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Breaking News Kerry Warns Against Israeli ‘Hysteria’ Over Iran Deal
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry called Israeli criticism of the framework agreement with Iran “hysteria” and said that the deal would be “forever.” “That is not a 10-year deal, that’s forever,” he said. “There have to be inspections. There’s a lot of hysteria about this deal. People really need to look at the facts,…
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Breaking News AIPAC Opposes GOP ‘Poison Pill’ Amendments to Iran Bill
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee opposes amendments it would “ordinarily support” to a bill mandating congressional review of an Iran nuclear deal. An AIPAC official confirmed Friday that it had earlier in the week sent a letter to all Senate offices urging the to “refrain from supporting provisions that could harm” bipartisan support for…
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Breaking News Republican Squabble in Senate Could Doom Iran Bill
A dispute among Republican senators over changes to an Iran nuclear review bill on Thursday threatened the measure’s chances of being passed by the U.S. Congress, leaving Senate leaders scrambling for a way to advance the legislation. Two Republican senators, Tom Cotton and Marco Rubio, used an unorthodox procedural move to try to force the…
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