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The U.S. Senate passed the Corker-Menendez bill on Iran by 98 to 1 Thursday, and the margin suggests the bill has little teeth. But it is not entirely useless. It at least gives Congress a limited role in assessing any U.S. deal with Iran that promises a lifting of sanctions in return for curbing Iran’s nuclear infrastructure.
Absent this measure, President Obama is not likely to submit the deal to the Senate as a treaty or as legislation. In short, Congress might be cut out of the process altogether. And as Thursday’s vote revealed, neither party’s senators are keen on that outcome.
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