President Obama would veto a bill letting Congress participate in negotiations about Iran’s nuclear program. Reuters has the story:
President Barack Obama would veto a bill recently introduced in the U.S. Senate allowing Congress to weigh in on any deal the United States and other negotiating countries [Russia, China, France, Great Britain, and Germany] reach with Iran on its nuclear capabilities … The Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act would require to submit to Congress the text of any agreement within five days of concluding a final deal with Iran. The bill would also prohibit Obama from suspending or waiving sanctions on Iran passed by Congress for 60 days after a deal.
The president’s intransigence drew fierce criticism, such as Sen. Bob Corker’s words of disapproval:
Republican Senator Bob Corker, one of the bipartisan group of sponsors of the bill, said it was "disappointing that the president feels he is the only one who speaks for the citizens of our country."
Stephen F. Hayes, a writer for the Weekly Standard and a Fox News contributor, explains that we shouldn’t trust Obama to negotiate with Iran by himself.
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