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Cotton won’t back off Iran amendment

By Kyle Feldscher

Published April 28, 2016 8:18pm ET

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Cotton won’t back off Iran amendment — Arkansas Republican Sen. Tom Cotton said Thursday that he believes his amendment to block future purchases of heavy water from Iran has to be on the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File) | Carolyn Kaster

Senate Democrats again blocked a $37.5 billion energy and water funding bill from advancing Thursday over an Iran-related amendment.

However, Republican leadership isn’t backing down from the fight, scheduling another vote when the upper chamber returns from recess. And the Republican senator whose amendment Democrats call a “poison pill” is refusing to back down from his proposal.

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