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Kerry also warned that the U.S. could lose its military standing in the world should Congress reject the deal and insist its allies concede to U.S. sanctions on Iran. “I’ve decided I must oppose the agreement and will vote yes on a motion of disapproval“. It would then be up to opponents in the House and Senate to try to round up enough votes to override the veto. His statement echoed that of Rep. Brad Sherman (D – Calif.), a member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs who announced his opposition to the deal last week and said late last month that there would be a need to renegotiate the deal before it expired. “Now he’s playing to hold one-third”. President Barack Obama needs 40 out of 100 senators to block any rejection of the bill from advancing, and 34 to kill any chances of overriding his promised veto of any such measure.

The White House’s behavior is especially disappointing given the way the negotiations unfolded.

“By backing this deal, Sen”.

Schumer is a top contender to assume the position of Senate Democratic leader when Sen. “But it is a strong one“.

Sen. Sherrod Brown announced Friday he will support the Iran agreement, a multilateral deal aimed at preventing that country from getting a nuclear weapon.

While violation of the agreement by Iran will commit the participants to put sanctions back in place, walking away from the deal will give the US little leverage to restore the multi-lateral sanctions that cratered Iran’s economy.

The Democratic activist group MoveOn said Monday more than 23,602 of its members have joined a campaign donor strike against Schumer. Instead, it displays the group’s website address, where those inclined to visit will find more information and get automated assistance in calling their lawmakers. Over the past few weeks, he’s heard from state residents, Jewish leaders and national experts, including U.S. Ambassador to Israel Daniel Kurtzer and former Ambassador William Luers. “To me“, he said, “the very real risk that Iran will not moderate and will, instead, use the agreement to pursue its nefarious goals is too great”.

“There is no better option to prevent an Iranian nuclear weapon”, the letter said.

A new Quinnipiac University poll shows Schumer is on the same side as his constituents – 43 percent of New York City voters oppose the Iran deal, while 36 percent support it. He told the Las Vegas Review-Journal that he will make his decision when he’s “ready”, but first wants to talk through the debate with several friends he feels he “owes” it to. “There’s a big bloc out there, folks, that isn’t just sitting around waiting for the United States to tell them what to do”. “It’s an extremely hard issue….” “I’m not going to debate it at this point”.

He also noted that Schumer’s opposition was not a surprise to him.