Two more Senate Dems back nuclear accord with Tehran
Two more Democratic senators have publicly voiced support for the nuclear agreement between Iran and the global powers.
Sens. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) and Chris Coons (D-Del.) were the 32nd and the 33rd senators to appear in support of the accord, reached between Iran and P5+1 -- the US, Britain, Russia, China, France, and Germany -- in mid-July.
Coons (seen below) initially revealed his stance in an interview with The Washington Post.
"We are better off trying diplomacy first," said Coons, who had previously voiced doubts about the accord but announced support for the White House after consultation with the administration, including his mentor Vice President Joe Biden.
"They are saying what I need to hear," he said of the administration’s officials.
The Delaware Democrat formally announced his stance at the University of Delaware later in the day.
"I support this deal with my eyes wide open, aware of the deal's flaws as well as its potential," said Coons, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
In a memo released by the Philadelphia Inquirer, Casey (seen below) also voiced support for Obama saying that “compared with all realistic alternatives,” the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) is “the best option available to us at this time.”
"At some point it has to be a vote, I think, of conscience," Casey said, "and I have many very good friends who will disagree with the decision, I'm certain of that." Obama needs the Democratic senators’ support so that his veto power is not overridden after a possible rejection of the accord by Congress.
Thirty-three senators, including key Democratic Sens. Tim Kaine (Va.) and Jack Reed (R.I.), have publicly voiced support for JCPOA, the GOP would need the support of at least 13 of them to reach the two-thirds vote needed to override a veto.
Two Democrats, Sens. Bob Menendez (N.J.) and Charles Schumer (N.Y.) have turned their back on their party, rejecting the outcome of months of intensive negotiations over the matter.
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