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News 13 Undecided Democrats To Watch on the Iran Deal
Thirteen Democratic senators. That is all President Obama needs to ensure that the nuclear deal with Iran does not get derailed by Congress. And the battle over the votes of these 13 Democrats is about to overwhelm Capitol Hill. The math is simple. With Republicans controlling both the House and the Senate, Congress is likely…
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Fast Forward Thousands Rally in New York Against Iran Deal
(JTA) — New York Sen. Chuck Schumer was not actually in New York on Wednesday, but the Democrat’s influence on the fate of the Iran deal loomed large when several thousand people descended on Times Square to protest the agreement. Many of those demonstrating against the agreement chanted “Where is Chuck Schumer?” and “Kill this deal.”…
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Fast Forward Ben Cardin Says Negotiators ‘Got an Awful Lot’ in Iran Nuclear Talks
Senator Ben Cardin, the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said on Thursday he has not yet decided how he would vote on the nuclear agreement with Iran but said he felt U.S. negotiators had made significant progress. “Our negotiators got an awful lot, particularly on the nuclear front,” Cardin said at a…
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Fast Forward White House Makes Pitch for Iran Deal as Congress Starts Review
Lawmakers skeptical about the nuclear deal with Iran promised to press senior Obama administration officials to make more information about it public at a Senate hearing on Thursday as Congress begins its two-month review of the agreement. Secretary of State John Kerry, Treasury Secretary Jack Lew and Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz will testify before the…
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Opinion Israel Security Establishment Breaks With Bibi on Iran Deal
There’s a deep crack emerging in the veneer of wall-to-wall support offered by Israel’s political leadership to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in his war against the Iran nuclear agreement. The crack has a name you might recognize: the Israeli security establishment. You know — the folks whose job it is to identify and address threats…
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Fast Forward Republicans and AIPAC Step Up Campaign Against Iran Deal
Top Republicans vowed on Wednesday to do their utmost to scrap President Barack Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran as the biggest pro-Israel lobby geared up for an all-out campaign next week to pressure wary lawmakers into rejecting the agreement. A bigger push against last week’s historic accord in Vienna was being met with a counter-offensive…
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Fast Forward John Boehner Vows ‘Everything Possible’ To Kill Iran Nuclear Deal
House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner on Wednesday said he and others in Congress would do “everything possible” to stop a new nuclear deal with Iran from moving forward. “Members of Congress will ask much tougher questions this afternoon when we meet with the president’s team, and because a bad deal threatens the security of…
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Fast Forward 48% of Americans Disapprove of Iran Nuclear Deal
A poll by the Pew Research Center has found that nearly half of Americans disapprove of the recent accord over Iran’s nuclear program. The poll, conducted during the past week and released Tuesday, found that 48 percent of Americans who had heard of the agreement disapproved of it, versus 38 percent who approved. The deal,…
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