“House leaders are planning to take up Senate legislation to enact new sanctions against Iran, a surprise move that would intensify a standoff between the White House and Congress in the wake of progress this past weekend in President Obama’s diplomatic drive with Tehran,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
“Mr. Obama has said he would veto any new Iran sanctions Congress sends to his desk while the U.S. and other world powers negotiate a long-term deal to curtail Tehran’s nuclear program, a process underway after a six-month interim deal was finalized Sunday.”
Greg Sargent: “Where are all the Senate Democrats on the bill to impose sanctions on
Iran that is being pushed by Senators Robert Menendez and Chuck Schumer?
How many of them are really prepared to support this bill, and how many
oppose it? By my count, more than half the Democratic caucus have been
mum on where they stand.”
