WASHINGTON (AP) – Opponents of the Iran nuclear agreement have given up trying to block it. Now they’re just hoping for a final Senate vote on a resolution disapproving it – even though such a resolution would be vetoed by the president.
The more modest focus became necessary as supporters of the deal clinched the necessary Senate support to uphold a presidential veto of the Republican-backed disapproval resolution.
Supporters are now trying to amass the additional four votes that could bottle up the disapproval resolution in the Senate with a filibuster.
On Thursday, Democratic Sens. Cory Booker of New Jersey, Mark Warner of Virginia and Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota became the latest to back the deal that aims to curb Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief.