GOP Leaders Weigh Putting Iran Disapproval on Hold
Faced with a potential mutiny on a procedural vote to bring up a disapproval resolution on the Iran nuclear agreement, House GOP leadership is considering delaying the anti-deal vote and taking up different legislation stating that the president has not held up his side of the bargain.GOP leaders emerged from the Republican Conference’s weekly meeting Wednesday morning expressing some uncertainty about whether they should proceed with the anti-deal resolution.“We had a very healthy conversation with our members this morning,” Speaker John A. Boehner told reporters. “Certainly some interest amongst the ideas offered by [Rep. Mike] Pompeo and [Rep. Peter] Roskam, and we’re going to continue to have those conversations this morning.”What Roskam and Pompeo are proposing is a resolution that states President Barack Obama failed his obligation to disclose all information about the Iran deal. The resolution comes after reports of a “side deal” between Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency.The House Freedom Caucus met late Tuesday night in the basement of Tortilla Coast to discuss a strategy in which Republicans would vote down their own leadership’s rule for the disapproval resolution. But first, they would pressure leaders during Wednesday morning’s conference meeting to delay the vote.
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