US Democrat: Iran nuclear agreement will survive in Senate
Democratic Senator Ben Cardin suggests that the Iran nuclear agreement will survive in the US Senate, saying he has yet to decide to take a position on the deal.
The top Democrat on the Foreign Relations Committee told students at Johns Hopkins University on Tuesday that there will be enough votes in the Senate by the weekend to uphold an expected veto by President Barack Obama of a resolution disapproving the agreement.
“The numbers in Congress are looking pretty close to favoring the president,” said Cardin.
“The president will have at least 32 committed Democrats on his side by the end of the day. That number looks like it will clearly get to the 34 number by the end of the week so it looks pretty clear the president is going to have the support to sustain a veto.”
Cardin, however, said he still remains undecided.
“I think it’s a tough call and I sort of bristle when people say this is such an easy decision, why haven’t you made it. I don’t think it is an easy judgment call,” Cardin said. “I think there are high risks either way.”
So far, 33 senators have backed the agreement reached between Iran and the P5+1 group of countries -- the US, Britain, France, Russia, China, and Germany – in the Austrian capital, Vienna, on July 14.
The US Congress will vote on the agreement later this month.
The president, however, will need 34 senators to support the agreement and uphold his veto of a resolution of disapproval.
Democratic Senator Chris Coons, another member of the Foreign Relations Committee, announced his support for the agreement later Tuesday.
Senator Bob Casey and Coons were the 32nd and the 33rd senators to appear in support of the accord.
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