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U.S. Senate to debate Iran legislation next week

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The U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday that the Senate would begin debate next week on a bill that gives Congress the power to review any nuclear deal with the Iranian regime.

“We think the timing is important,” McConnell said at his weekly press conference, according to Reuters.

“We think it will help prevent the administration from entering into a bad deal. But if they do, it will provide an opportunity for Congress to weigh in.”

The measure that is being introduced would mandate that Obama submit the text of any pact to Congress and bar the administration from suspending congressional sanctions on Iran for 60 days.

The White House has already declared that Obama would veto the legislation, saying the president “has been clear that now is not the time for Congress to pass additional legislation on Iran.”

The Senate may also consider within weeks a bill to impose stricter sanctions on Iran. That measure also faces a veto threat. The administration says any attempt to toughen sanctions while negotiations are ongoing could prompt Iran – and possibly other countries involved in the talks – to give up on negotiations.

McConnell said the sanctions bill might come up as an amendment to the Corker bill.