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Obama to let congress vote on Iran deal

14 April 2015 22:29 (UTC +04:00)

White House spokesman Josh Earnest said on Tuesday that Obama was not “particularly thrilled” by a new proposal put together by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, consisting of Republican and Democrat members, Los Angeles Times reported.

“What we have made clear to Democrats and Republicans in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee is that the president would be willing to sign the proposed compromise that is working its way through the committee today,” Earnest told reporters.

According to the new proposal, reached between the committee’s Republican chairman, Senator Bob Corker and Senator Benjamin L. Cardin, a democrat, the review period for a nuclear deal with Tehran would be shortened to 52 days from the original 60.