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UPDATE 1-U.S. lawmakers will vote on Iran deal disapproval resolution

Published 2015-08-04, 03:02 p/m
© Reuters. UPDATE 1-U.S. lawmakers will vote on Iran deal disapproval resolution

(Adds comments from McConnell, Nelson)
By Patricia Zengerle
WASHINGTON, Aug 4 (Reuters) - Republican U.S. Representative
Ed Royce, the chairman of the House of Representatives Foreign
Affairs Committee, on Tuesday introduced legislation to
disapprove of the nuclear agreement between world powers and
Iran.
Under the Iran Nuclear Review Act, which President Barack
Obama signed into law in May, the Republican-led Congress has
until Sept. 17 to approve or disapprove of the nuclear deal
between Iran and world powers announced on July 14.
Royce's announcement means lawmakers will try to pass a
disapproval resolution, which could cripple the agreement,
rather than a non-binding approval resolution.
The top Republican in the U.S. Senate, Mitch McConnell, said
the Senate is also likely to consider a resolution of
disapproval of the nuclear deal.
But Obama's diplomatic initiative won important support in
Congress among his fellow Democrats. That means even if Congress
passes a resolution of disapproval, Republicans would not likely
be able to muster enough votes to override a veto by Obama.
Democratic senators Tim Kaine, who co-authored the
legislation giving Congress the right to review the deal,
Barbara Boxer, one of the senior Jewish members of the Senate,
and Bill Nelson, who some observers had considered a potential
swing vote, all have said they will back the deal.
"As dangerous a threat as Iran is to Israel and our allies,
it would pale in the threat posed to them and to us by a
nuclear-armed Iran," Nelson said in a Senate speech announcing
his decision.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu strongly opposes
the nuclear agreement, calling it a threat to the survival of
the Jewish state.

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