U.S. Senate Democrats on Tuesday, for the second time in a week, blocked legislation meant to kill anIrannuclear deal negotiated by the Obama administration and other world powers with Tehran.
By a vote of 56-42, the Republican-majority Senate fell short of the 60 votes needed in the 100-member chamber to advance the legislation.
The result was ...
Things didnt go as planned for Republicans attempting to block the nuclear agreement with Iran, but the deals opponents arent going away quietly. The House shot down a resolution approving of the agreement Friday, and even though the congressional review period technically ends next week, the debate is likely to continue.
The House voted, 269-162,...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Even though opponents of the Iran nuclear deal can't win in Congress, they aren't going to go quietly.
Conservative Republicans are vowing to take President Barack Obama to court, claiming he has broken the law by not providing Congress with all relevant documents pertinent to the deal.
"This debate is far from over, and frankly,...
Speaker John Boehner said Thursday he might sue President Barack Obama again.
The Ohio Republican said Obama has not turned over the entirety of the Iran agreement for congressional review, as mandated by law. Boehner said legal action is an option thats very possible.
If you read the provisions in [the congressional review law], its pretty clear ...
Fifteen US Republican governors have vowed to take measures to keep state sanctions against Iran in place after Tehran and the world powers clinched a historical agreement on the Islamic Republics nuclear program.
The governors, including five GOP hopefuls of the 2016 presidential race, wrote a letter to US President Barack Obama expressing their ...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Members of Congress return Tuesday from July Fourth fireworks and parades facing a daunting summer workload and an impending deadline to fund the government or risk a shutdown in the fall.
The funding fight is shaping up as a major partisan brawl against the backdrop of an intensifying campaign season, with Republicans eager to ...
The US Congress should have a say on any nuclear agreement with Iran after the Islamic Republic seized a US cargo vessel, US House Speaker John Boehner said in a press briefing.
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) On Tuesday, several Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) patrol vessels approached the US Maersk Tigris cargo ship while it was navigating ...
US House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner has privately acknowledged that Congress does not have enough power to block a possible nuclear deal between Iran and world powers, a report says.
Speaking at an off-the-record eventat the Republican Jewish Coalition's meeting in Las VegasSaturday, Boehner said the Republican Party does not have enough ...
Speaker of the US House of Representatives John Boehner has defended the deployment of American warships near Yemen due to the situation in the country.
During a press conference on Wednesday, Boehner said the United States should assist its allies in the region.
I think having our ships in place is the right thing to do. Hopefully, their involvement ...
Speaker of the US House of Representatives John Boehner has blasted President Barack Obama for showing animosity towards Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during his recent visit.
I think the animosity exhibited by our administration toward the prime minister of Israel is reprehensible, Boehner told CNN on Sunday.
"I think that the pressure ...
Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) on Sunday promised fresh sanctions on Iran should the Obama administration fail to secure a deal over the country's nuclear program.
"The sanctions are going to come, and they're going to come quick," Boehner said on CNN's "State of the Union."
Asked how quickly he would move to bring additional sanctions, Boehner ...
Boehner's show of support for Jerusalem is in opposition to the U.S. president advancing a new foreign policy at the expense of a key ally and despite Congress' objection
Speaker of the United States House of Representatives John Boehner is expected to visit Israel in about a week. Boehner, a member of the Republican Party, is U.S. President Barack ...
US politicians may verbally express support for President Barack Obamas criticism of an upcoming speech to the Congress by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu but they will act otherwise as they know about Israels power in the American political system, says a former US congressional staffer.
They are going to go because they know that Netanyahu ...
WASHINGTON - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech before Congress on Tuesday has spawned a bitter debate on two continents, but there was no apparent dissent at the annual conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee Sunday.
Whether House Speaker John Boehner should have invited Netanyahu to come right before his tough ...
[caption id="attachment_124791" align="alignright" width="164"] Obama and Netanyahu during the U.S. president's visit in Israel, March 20, 2013. Photo by Bloomberg[/caption]
The Obama administration on Wednesday accused the Israeli government of misleading the public over the Iran nuclear negotiations, using unusually blunt and terse language that ...
[caption id="attachment_149920" align="alignright" width="147"] US House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner (R) listens as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks in the US Capitol in Washington, March 6, 2012. (Reuters photo)[/caption]
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Almost two dozen liberal Democrats on Thursday asked House Speaker John Boehner ...
[caption id="attachment_149920" align="alignright" width="203"] US House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner (R) listens as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks in the US Capitol in Washington, March 6, 2012. (Reuters photo)[/caption]
(Reuters) - A senior Israeli official suggested on Friday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had ...
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(Reuters) - Israeli officials are considering amending the format of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's planned address to the U.S. Congress next month to try to calm some of the partisan furor the Iran-focused speech has provoked....
[caption id="attachment_150444" align="alignright" width="203"] Jim Slattery, a former U.S. congressman from Kansas.[/caption]
With little fanfare, another taboo in U.S.-Iran relations has shattered.
Jim Slattery, a former six-term DemocraticCongressman from Kansas, late last year became the first former or current American legislator to visit the ...
[caption id="attachment_150022" align="alignright" width="120"] The Capitol dome is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington. (file photo)[/caption]
An increasing number of senior US Democratic lawmakers are planning to boycott Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus speech about Iran before Congress next month, a report says.
The Democrats are angry ...
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