Tag: Senate Foreign Relations Committee

White House hoping for new life in AUMF debate

Susan Crabtree · June 9, 2015 7:35 pm

President Obama on Friday agreed to submit any nuclear deal with Iran to Congress for review, signing legislation he had once threatened to veto after it clearedÂ the Senate by a 98-1 vote on May 7 and the House by 400-25 on May 14. (Getty Image)

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Obama agrees to submit Iran deal to Congress

Charles Hoskinson · May 22, 2015 7:48 pm

Obama reversed his opposition to the legislation in April, and said he would sign it if it preserved the bipartisan compromise on the committee. (AP)

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House sends Iran bill to Obama

Charles Hoskinson · May 14, 2015 8:57 pm

President Barack Obama and Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of the State of Kuwait, turn enter the White House as as Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, arrives at the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Wednesday. Gulf nation leaders gathered in Washington to warn President Barack Obama of the risks of completing a nuclear deal with Iran. Obama will try to convince them of the potential benefits for the region. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)Â

Top senator: Arab nations start arms race, worried over U.S. ‘commitment’

Paul Bedard · May 14, 2015 2:57 pm

Dixmude, background, the third French Mistral-class amphibious assault ship, and French stealth frigate Aconit dock at Wusong military dockyard, in Shanghai, China, Saturday, May 9, 2015. (Chinatopix via AP)Â

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Lawmakers want more pushback against China’s ‘Great Wall of Sand’

Charles Hoskinson · May 14, 2015 9:00 am

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Top senator says Obama data mining a joke program, worthless, ‘inept’

Paul Bedard · May 13, 2015 3:27 pm

FILE - In this April 14, 2015 file photo, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Even if Congress rejects his final Iranian nuclear deal, President Barack Obama could use his executive pen to offer Tehran a hefty portion of sanctions relief. Legislation is being ushered through Congress by Corker, to give Congress a say on a potential agreement. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Corker holding up budget agreement

Joseph Lawler · April 29, 2015 12:06 am

All these recent bipartisan agreements have been reached with little or no involvement by President Obama. They were forged by knowledgeable members of Congress skillful at bridging differences with colleagues across the aisle.

Bipartisanship is busting out all over

Michael Barone · April 27, 2015 9:00 am

"I don't think we need any legislation," Nancy Pelosi told reporters. "But, as innocuous as it is, [there is] no problem going forward." (AP Photo)Â

Pelosi dismisses ‘innocuous’ Iran bill

Susan Ferrechio · April 16, 2015 6:32 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, speaks to the media at the U.S. Capitol March 10, 2015 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Leader McConnell spoke on various issues in front of the U.S. Senate. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

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Mitch McConnell: Congress to ‘respond legislatively’ to Iran nuclear bill

Kelly Cohen · April 6, 2015 8:59 pm

Should he become president in 2016, Marco Rubio "absolutely" would defy European allies and revoke any Iranian nuclear deal he might inherit from President Obama. (AP Photo)

Marco Rubio: If president, I would ‘absolutely’ revoke any inherited Iranian deal

Kelly Cohen · March 18, 2015 12:33 pm

Sunday's letter from Chief of Staff Dennis McDonough said the Corker-Menendez bill would hurt the ongoing talks and "potentially prevent any deal from succeeding." [AP Photo

Corker: White House letter may have helped Iran bill

Charles Hoskinson · March 17, 2015 6:05 pm