Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said that the US Senate will vote on legislation that seeks to ensure lawmakers will have a say before a final agreement is reached with Iran on its nuclear program in June 2015.


WASHINGTON (Sputnik)�� The US Senate will vote on�legislation that seeks to�ensure lawmakers will have a say before�a final agreement is reached with�Iran on�its nuclear program in�June 2015, Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said in�a statement.

�The [Obama] administration needs to�explain to�the Congress and the American people why an interim agreement should result in�reduced pressure on�the world's leading state sponsor of�terror," McConnell stated on�Monday.

"The Senate will review these parameters more thoroughly, and respond legislatively with�the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of�2015, which is scheduled to�be reported out�of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee next week," McConnell added.

On April 2, 2015, the P5+1 group of�countries, including the United States, France, Russia, China and the United Kingdom plus Germany, reached a political framework agreement with�Iran aimed at�guaranteeing the peaceful nature of�Tehran�s nuclear program. The framework agreement will be followed with�a comprehensive technical agreement set to�be reached by�June 30, 2015.

However, some members of�Congress argue that lawmakers should have a final say before�a final agreement is reached.

In February 2015, US Senator Bob Corker introduced the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act that would require US President Barack Obama to�submit the final Iran nuclear agreement for�a congressional approval.On Thursday, Corker who chairs the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said that the legislation had bipartisan support and he was confident there would be a strong vote for�his bill when it is taken up�in Committee on�April 14.

Corker has also criticized the idea that the Obama administration may try to �bypass Congress,� and seek the approval of�the United Nations for�the nuclear deal.

"Until we know more about�Iran's previous research, no nation can be sure of�what Iran may have developed covertly already," Senator McConnell warned on�Monday. "The choice is not between�recognizing Iran as�a threshold nuclear state or going to�war. Instead the [Obama] administration should have made clear to�the Iranians that additional sanctions and a credible military threat awaited further delay and intransigence."

Earlier on�Monday, the White House said that the US Congress should not vote on�any legislation that could affect the outcome of�the Iran nuclear negotiations before�June 2015.


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