President Barack Obama secured 41 votes in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday for the international nuclear deal with Iran, enough to block a measure of disapproval in the 100-seat chamber. Democratic Senators Richard Blumenthal, Gary Peters and Ron Wyden all said they would support the agreement. Their backing along with that of 38 other Democratic ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid on Sunday threw his full support behind President Barack Obama's nuclear agreement with Iran, saying "it is the best path to stop Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon." "I strongly support the historic agreement and will do everything in my power to ensure that it stands," said Reid, D-Nev., in ...

The push for new sanctions on Iran has stalled. The Democrats who bucked President Obama to back the sanctions bill are backpedaling mightilyno longer even pretending they're pushing Harry Reid to hold a vote on the measure. And while there's still plenty of chest-pounding and posturing, the debate's end result seems clear: The Senate will wait, at ...

TEHRAN, Nov. 23 (MNA) U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said on Thursday he strongly supports nuclear talks between Iran and world powers but was committed to moving ahead with a tougher Iran sanctions bill when the Senate returns from a holiday recess early next month. I will support a bill that would broaden the scope of our current petroleum ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - US Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Monday he is delaying a key vote on authorizing the use of force in Syria to let President Barack Obama publicly address the issue. Earlier in the day, the top Obama ally in Congress had scheduled the crucial test vote for Wednesday but then backtracked to let the US leader sell his ...