Top House Dem on intelligence panel backs Iran nuclear deal

“The more time Members spend evaluating this agreement, the more they realize it’s an historic mistake”, he said in a statement on Monday. “There’ll be a lot of pressure on Democrats to support the president”, said Engel.

Iran and its proxies still present security challenges, Carter said, noting Iran’s support of Hezbollah and the Assad regime in Syria, its contribution to disorder in Yemen and its hostility and violence toward Israel.

Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., said he thinks most senators have an idea of how they’ll vote.

The fact that there is strong British public opinion for this is good news for the deal.The other European countries polled were Germany, France, Sweden, Finland and Norway.

Obama did not thank the groups for any of their support so far, but rather pressured them to step up their efforts. If that was the case, then surely there was an alternative besides this risky agreement and war.

It implores members of Congress to give due weight to the many nonproliferation experts who support the deal as they consider whether to vote in its favor, according to a copy dated Monday that bears 121 signatures. House Democrats held the rally to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act. That claim later turned out to be false.

He laid out a list of ways Congress could improve the deal, including making clear that repercussions would be severe, strengthening intelligence capabilities and setting the expectation that Iran will never be permitted to produce highly enriched uranium.

The Senate recess begins on Friday and each homes return to Washington on September 8.

Democrats are especially important this time.

President Barack Obama looks over his notes as he answers questions about the Iran nuclear deal during a news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, July 15, 2015. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif, as well as a number of others.

He also endorsed the mechanism under the deal that would allow the U.S.to unilaterally snap back sanctions in the event of Iranian noncompliance, as well as the “intrusive” inspections into Iran.

One of Schiff’s worries earlier this year concerned the reaction of Iran’s neighbors to the deal.

Considering the seemingly contradictory way that Americans feel about Iran’s threat to the US, the difference may simply be in the way that the question is framed. “Do you support or oppose this agreement?” Schumer says he has not made up his thoughts.

“I’m proud of that vote” against the war in Iraq, Meeks added. Charles Schumer and Rep. Eliot Engel, who are Jewish themselves and have large Jewish constituencies skeptical of the deal, remain undecided amid intense pressure from the White House.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., who has criticized the accord, reiterated his demand that the Obama administration turn over documents related to agreements between the IAEA and Iran that he described as “side agreements”.