Senate Panel Deal Paves Way for Vote on Iran Nuclear Bill
The chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said Tuesday that the panel had reached an accord on a bipartisan bill giving Congress a vote on an international deal to reign in Iran’s nuclear program.
The compromise measure would shorten a review period for a final deal and soften language that would make the lifting of sanctions dependent on Iran’s ending support for terrorism.
The deal, struck between Senator Bob Corker of Tennessee, the committee’s chairman, and Senator Benjamin L. Cardin of Maryland, its ranking Democrat, still must be voted on this afternoon, but leaders in both parties expressed their support. One senior Democratic aide said the bill would now have overwhelming, veto-proof support.
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