Republicans working to get Iran legislation moving again
By Associated Press
May 4, 2015 5:06 PM CDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional Republicans are working to salvage bipartisan legislation granting lawmakers the right to review or even reject any agreement the Obama administration makes to ease sanctions on Iran in exchange for concessions on nuclear research and development.

The legislation was approved by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on a unanimous vote last month, and supporters easily turned back a pair of proposed changes in early skirmishes on the Senate floor.

But it hit a snag last week after Sens. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and Tom Cotton, R-Ark., proposed additional changes that drew strong objections from Senate Democrats, as well as from Republicans who favor keeping the bill free of controversial provisions that could prompt the White House to withdraw its support.