President Obama Secures Enough Democrat Votes To Prevent Blockage Of His Iran Nuclear Deal

Washington Post: Obama secures votes to protect Iran nuclear deal

President Obama on Wednesday was handed a major foreign policy victory after securing enough votes in the Senate to preserve the nuclear deal with Iran, which has come under intense criticism from Republicans and some Democrats.

The agreement to curb Iran’s nuclear ambitions struck by international negotiators in Vienna earlier this summer was the subject of an intense lobbying campaign in recent weeks by both the administration and the deal’s opponents in advance of an expected vote this month on a resolution to block the deal’s implementation.

WNU Editor: Am I surprised by this development .... no. The Democrats were never going to deny President Obama his "legacy treaty" with Iran. But this is the first time that I have seen a major U.S. treaty being passed (and the Iran nuclear deal is a treaty) without even token support from the other party. The Democrat party now owns this .... and if it goes well .... great .... but if things "go seriously south" with Iran in the years to come .... the Democrats will own this.

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