Congress fires its first warning shot on Biden’s Iran deal
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(Worthy News) – President Joe Biden’s bid to revive the Iran nuclear deal flunked its first test in the U.S. Senate.
A bipartisan super-majority of senators voted late Wednesday to endorse a Republican-led measure stating that any nuclear agreement with Tehran should also address Iran’s support for terrorism in the region, and that the U.S. should not lift sanctions on an elite branch of the Iranian military, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
While the measure itself was non-binding, the vote was hailed as a modest victory for Republicans who have pushed the Biden administration to walk away from the talks in Vienna, where a final deal has eluded negotiators. [ Source: Politico (Read More…) ]
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