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The House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed legislation Thursday assuring lawmakers have the right to review, and perhaps reject, any nuclear deal that President Barack Obama reaches with Iran.<\/p>\n
The measure, which passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 400 to 25. Only six Democrats and 19 Republican disagreed.<\/p>\n
One week after the bill cleared the Senate, now goes to the White House, with Obama signaling he will sign it.<\/p>\n
A framework agreement was reached with Iran on April 2 in Lausanne, where negotiators laid out several bullet points, including one asserting that economic sanctions would snap back into place should Iran be found violating the accord.<\/p>\n
The period up to June 30 is being used to iron out several remaining technical details.<\/p>\n
House Speaker John Boehner lauded the bill, saying lawmakers must have a role in examining a prospective deal with Iran.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe American people are worried \u2013 and America\u2019s allies are worried \u2013 that the White House will do anything to get one. So my colleagues and I have one goal: stop a bad deal,\u201d he said in a statement.<\/p>\n
House Foreign Affairs Committee chairman Ed Royce said the bill made clear that lawmakers would not let the Obama administration “shut Congress out of the process” of approving a nuclear accord.<\/p>\n
“Congress will be in a much better position to judge any final agreement to ensure that the Obama administration hasn’t struck a bad deal.”
The bill will allow lawmakers at least 30 days to review any final Iran nuclear pact.<\/p>\n
The legislation would also compel the president to report back to Congress every 90 days about Iran’s compliance with the deal.<\/p>\n
Lawmakers would have the ability to support or oppose the pact by voting for or against lifting congressionally imposed sanctions on Iran.<\/p>\n
Should Congress pass a resolution opposing the accord, Obama would have 12 days to veto it. If he does, Congress would have 10 more days to override the veto.<\/p>\n
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