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Democrats block resolution disapproving of Iran deal

FILE - In this Aug. 6, 2015 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington. The president may have finally shed his summer curse, just in time for a daunting fall. The summer of 2015 has been among the most productive stretches of Obama's presidency. But the president returns to Washington with a full schedule and confrontations with Congress that will help determine whether his summer momentum is sustained or sputters. Atop the president's priority list is preventing Congress from blocking the Iran deal, which curbs Tehran's nuclear program in exchange for billions of dollars in sanctions relief. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
FILE - In this Aug. 6, 2015 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington. The president may have finally shed his summer curse, just in time for a daunting fall. The summer of 2015 has been among the most productive stretches of Obama's presidency. But the president returns to Washington with a full schedule and confrontations with Congress that will help determine whether his summer momentum is sustained or sputters. Atop the president's priority list is preventing Congress from blocking the Iran deal, which curbs Tehran's nuclear program in exchange for billions of dollars in sanctions relief. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File) FILE - In this Aug. 6, 2015 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington. The president may have finally shed his summer curse, just in time for a daunting fall. The summer of 2015 has been among the most productive stretches of Obama's presidency. But the president returns to Washington with a full schedule and confrontations with Congress that will help determine whether his summer momentum is sustained or sputters. Atop the president's priority list is preventing Congress from blocking the Iran deal, which curbs Tehran's nuclear program in exchange for billions of dollars in sanctions relief. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

By Associated Press 1 min read

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Iran nuclear deal has survived a key vote in the Senate, in a victory for President Barack Obama.

Democrats held together to block a resolution of disapproval against the deal. The vote was 58-42 in favor of proceeding, but 60 votes were needed for the resolution to advance to a final vote.

The outcome means the disapproval resolution will not reach Obama’s desk, and the nuclear deal will move forward unchecked by Congress.

Senate Republicans are vowing they’ll keep on fighting. House Republicans also are still maneuvering to find a way to stop the international agreement to curb Iran’s nuclear program. But those efforts seem unlikely to produce results.

For Obama it’s an unlikely victory on the hard-won accord over unanimous Republican opposition.