Congress wants a say on Trump’s Iran deal

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Congress may be ready to assert its authority more than a month after the United States first bombed Iran, despite the GOP-controlled chambers giving President Donald Trump a wide berth to wage war.

Some Republicans want to weigh in on any lasting deal the president strikes with Tehran by using a 2015 Obama-era law that gives lawmakers authority over international agreements involving Iran’s nuclear program.

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