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Republican-led attempt to block Iran deal fails in Senate
Source: The Guardian
Republican-led attempt to block Iran deal fails in Senate
Sabrina Siddiqui in Washington
Thursday 10 September 2015 21.13 BST
Republican efforts to scuttle Barack Obama’s nuclear accord with Iran were blocked by Democrats in the United States Senate on Thursday, paving the way for the president to implement the deal struck between Tehran and six world powers in July.
Senate Democrats filibustered a procedural vote on a measure that would have registered formal disapproval of the Iran deal, in effect stopping it in its tracks. The Senate voted on whether to end debate on the Iran deal, thus failing to even reach an up-or-down vote on the disapproval resolution itself.
The vote marked a major victory for Obama, after months of intense lobbying by his administration geared at persuading Democrats to stand with the president on a legacy-defining issue. Although congressional Democrats rallied sufficient support last month to sustain Obama’s veto - should it come to that point - it only became apparent this week that Senate Democrats had the votes they needed to filibuster the resolution and avoid the need for a veto by the president.
Republicans, who uniformly oppose the deal, had nothing but scathing words to offer toward the deal.
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Forty-two Senate Democrats publicly backed the agreement, with just a handful of defections.
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Sabrina Siddiqui in Washington
Thursday 10 September 2015 21.13 BST
Republican efforts to scuttle Barack Obama’s nuclear accord with Iran were blocked by Democrats in the United States Senate on Thursday, paving the way for the president to implement the deal struck between Tehran and six world powers in July.
Senate Democrats filibustered a procedural vote on a measure that would have registered formal disapproval of the Iran deal, in effect stopping it in its tracks. The Senate voted on whether to end debate on the Iran deal, thus failing to even reach an up-or-down vote on the disapproval resolution itself.
The vote marked a major victory for Obama, after months of intense lobbying by his administration geared at persuading Democrats to stand with the president on a legacy-defining issue. Although congressional Democrats rallied sufficient support last month to sustain Obama’s veto - should it come to that point - it only became apparent this week that Senate Democrats had the votes they needed to filibuster the resolution and avoid the need for a veto by the president.
Republicans, who uniformly oppose the deal, had nothing but scathing words to offer toward the deal.
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Forty-two Senate Democrats publicly backed the agreement, with just a handful of defections.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/sep/10/iran-nuclear-deal-senate-day-of-decision
