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In a lengthy statement outlining her reasons for supporting the deal and the research she undertook to evaluate its merits, Mikulski says military action should be considered only as a last resort and that airstrikes would only deter the Iranians temporarily.

“They basically said unanimously this is as good a deal as you could get and we are moving ahead with it”, recalled Senator Chris Coons, the Delaware Democrat who lent crucial support to the deal this week despite some reservations. So far, 226 House members –...

President Obama needs the support of 34 senators to sustain a potential veto if Republicans in Congress pass the resolution of disapproval.

Sen. Tim Kaine reiterated his support for President Obama’s nuclear agreement with Iran, on Tuesday, the same day two of his Democratic colleagues announced their support for the deal as well. Chris Coons of Delaware and Bob Casey of Pennsylvania, who said they’d...

“However, we have learned that beyond the agreement sent to Congress for review, there was a separate deal negotiated between Iran and the (International Atomic Energy Agency), an agency within the United Nations responsible for inspecting Iran’s nuclear facilities as...

U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) gives a speech announcing he will not support President Obama’s Iran nuclear deal at Seton Hall University on August 18, 2015 in South Orange, New Jersey.

A key Democratic congressman said Friday he is backing the nuclear deal with Iran after President Barack Obama wrote him a personal letter saying the U.S. has options to curb Iran if it violates the agreement. (2) The United States and the worldwide community will now have access...

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell touts himself as a free trade advocate, but he’s warning that how tobacco is treated in a potential Pacific Rim trade

Obama has promised a veto if the House and Senate vote against the nuclear

In his speech at the Seton Hall School of Diplomacy and worldwide Relations, Menendez committed not only to voting against the deal when the Senate returns next month, but also to voting to override a presidential veto.

Republicans will need 60 votes to advance Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s resolution of disapproval.

One of the Senate’s leading Democrats, Chuck Schumer of New York, on Thursday announced his decision to oppose the deal aimed at preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.

Lawmakers against it, most (but not all) of whom are Republicans, have threatened to sink the deal by passing a congressional resolution of disapproval, the Huffington Post writes. In return, sanctions against the country would be relieved.

Sen. Chuck Schumer has become the highest-ranking Democrat to date to voice his opposition to the Iran nuclear deal. The New York Senator is among the most influential Jewish lawmakers in the United States.