Obama’s Biggest Foreign Goal Just Got Vastly Harder

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But if the White House signs a deal with Iran after the next Senate is sworn in on Jan. 3, it could have to contend with numerous legislative challenges to its implementation.

The Senate could force every member of Congress to go on record about his or her support for or opposition to the deal. This provision is the center of the Iran Nuclear Negotiations Act of 2014, a bill proposed by Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tennessee) with 11 current cosponsors, including Sens. John McCain (R-Arizona) and Marco Rubio (R-Florida). Incoming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell could allow a vote on the measure to proceed even before a deal with Iran is signed.

A “joint resolution of disapproval” envisioned under the law won't reverse the deal. But Mark Dubowitz, executive director of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, says it could affect the dynamic of the debate surrounding it.

“If the majority of the House and Senate vote against it, it could be a significant blow to the political legitimacy of the deal,” Dubowitz says.
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