Senator Kirk to push Senate vote on Iran sanctions 'sooner rather than later'

[Jefferson23]

4/9/2015

Senator Mark Kirk, the Republican co-author of a bill that would impose sanctions on Iran pending a failed nuclear agreement, is reportedly pushing for a full Senate vote on his bill "sooner rather than later."

The Illinois Senator, who previously agreed to shelve the bill until the June 30 deadline, told Bloomberg News that a vote should be held since "Iran refuses to agree to the same framework for a final deal as the United States, and because Iran still strongly disputes basic issues like how a final deal will address comprehensive sanctions relief, uranium enrichment, and coming clean on Iran's military nuclear activities."

Kirk made his comments after Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei said on Thursday that the framework agreement is not finalized and non-binding.

Iran President Hassan Rohani also warned on Thursday that Iran would not sign on to a final nuclear deal with world powers unless it is accompanied by the immediate lifting of all economic sanctions.

http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/1.651203

[1StrongBlackMan]

1. This pre-condition ...

is a direct result of the 47 letter signers and Congress' insistence on having final approval and the deal would have been done with accepting a graduated lifting of the sanctions (as they did in the frame-work agreement).

But Congress' push back, put many more chips into the pot.

[Jefferson23]

2. Yep. I have been following the lead up to this for a long time, much has been written about it

and it is outrageous the interference that has taken place over time. This should have been wrapped
up awhile ago.