Tehran, June 18, IRNA � An American politician said she expected that the US President Barack Obama will press the Congress to support his plan to sign a deal with Iran.

According to the US news website the �Hill�, the former Republican chairwoman of the Foreign Affairs Committee Ileana Ros-Lehtinen predicted that President Obama will use the 'bully pulpit' to pressure lawmakers into backing a yet-to-be-seen deal to restrict Iran's nuclear program.

The high-ranking GOP lawmaker, the website said, wanted her colleagues to buck the White House on what she calls a 'very weak deal,' but is bracing for Congress to approve it.

The Republican says Democratic lawmakers will buckle after Obama presents stark options to the public about the deal � due by June 30, it added.

'The president has so much power, he�s got the bully pulpit, and he's gonna tell everybody in all of our communities that if your member of Congress isn�t for this deal, then that member of Congress wants to go to war with Iran. That's not true. So I'm afraid of the president using the megaphone that he has to get members of Congress to go with him on this very weak deal,' the Foreign Affairs Middle East and Central Asia subcommittee chairwoman told The Hill's Molly K. Hooper.

By IRNA