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Related: About this forumObama says will sign bill allowing Congress to review Iran deal
Source: Reuters
Politics | Fri Apr 17, 2015 3:52pm EDT
Obama says will sign bill allowing Congress to review Iran deal
WASHINGTON | BY JEFF MASON AND ROBERTA RAMPTON
(Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Friday a bill allowing Congress to review a deal concerning Iran's nuclear program was a "reasonable compromise" he planned to sign, and he expressed confidence it would not derail talks with Tehran.
Obama told a White House news conference that Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Senator Bob Corker and the panel's leading Democrat, Ben Cardin, had agreed they would protect the bill from "poison pills" amendments that would be tilted toward trying to kill an agreement with Iran.
Since the White House said on Tuesday that Obama would sign the bill, it has sought to reassure anxious negotiating partners. Talks are aimed at curbing Iran's nuclear program in exchange for relief from sanctions.
"The final product that emerged out of the Corker-Cardin negotiations, we believe, will not derail the negotiations," Obama said. "Assuming that what lands on my desk is what Senators Corker and Cardin agreed to, I will sign it."
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Obama says will sign bill allowing Congress to review Iran deal
WASHINGTON | BY JEFF MASON AND ROBERTA RAMPTON
(Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Friday a bill allowing Congress to review a deal concerning Iran's nuclear program was a "reasonable compromise" he planned to sign, and he expressed confidence it would not derail talks with Tehran.
Obama told a White House news conference that Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Senator Bob Corker and the panel's leading Democrat, Ben Cardin, had agreed they would protect the bill from "poison pills" amendments that would be tilted toward trying to kill an agreement with Iran.
Since the White House said on Tuesday that Obama would sign the bill, it has sought to reassure anxious negotiating partners. Talks are aimed at curbing Iran's nuclear program in exchange for relief from sanctions.
"The final product that emerged out of the Corker-Cardin negotiations, we believe, will not derail the negotiations," Obama said. "Assuming that what lands on my desk is what Senators Corker and Cardin agreed to, I will sign it."
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/17/us-iran-nuclear-obama-idUSKBN0N81YI20150417
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Obama says will sign bill allowing Congress to review Iran deal (Original Post)
Eugene
Apr 2015
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The compromise bill was exactly that, but "compromise" is a word banned from modern political
Fred Sanders
Apr 2015
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tularetom
(23,664 posts)1. But he won't let anybody see what's in the TPP
blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)4. Funny, that ...
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)2. The compromise bill was exactly that, but "compromise" is a word banned from modern political
lexicon....if folks want to call it a "cave", knock yourselves out.
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Proud Liberal Dem
(24,437 posts)5. This has yet to get through the House
Nobody seems to bring that up when talking about this. I'm more or less expecting the teabaggers/neocons in the House to lard it up with a lot of poison pills that will prevent a final bill in the end.