Trump’s Iran ultimatum puts pressure on Hill negotiations

Published January 15, 2018 5:01am ET



President Trump’s latest ultimatum on the Iran nuclear deal has increased the pressure on congressional negotiators who are trying to write a bill to improve the controversial pact, lawmakers acknowledged after his Friday announcement.

“I think we need to pass something that will put our country in a better position as it relates to what I think is just a horrible deal,” Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson, a Republican member of the Foreign Relations Committee, told the Washington Examiner.

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