Sputnik - Officials in the United States are not discussing plans to use military force against Iran despite escalating tensions between Washington and Tehran, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said during a press briefing on Tuesday. "Nobody is talking about a military solution to the current friction with the Iranians. I haven't heard anybody ...

Reuters- The U.S. Senate will vote to renew sanctions on Iran for 10 years before adjourning next month, the chamber's Republican leader said on Wednesday, sending the bill to the White House, where President Barack Obama is expected to sign it into law. The House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday for the decade-long extension of ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) US Senate Democrats are demanding Majority Leader Mitch McConnell bring up a straight 10-year extension of key Iran sanctions once lawmakers return to Washington next month. Seven Democrats led by Sen. Richard Blumenthal (Conn.) sent a letter to the Kentucky Republican asking that he "prioritize" a clean extension of the Iran ...

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) slammed Democrats and President Obama ahead of a second vote on the Iran deal, saying they are okay with "winning ugly" and that they are "ignoring reality" on the agreement. "How could [Obama] justify blocking a vote now on an issue of such immense magnitude as the Iran deal? It's part of a larger ...

The US Senate will hold another vote on the resolution to disapprove the Iran deal. WASHINGTON (Sputnik) The US Senate will hold another vote on the resolution to disapprove the Iran nuclear agreement on Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on the floor of the Senate on Thursday afternoon. After the vote to consider the resolution ...

U.S. President Barack Obama has "a great likelihood of success" in his showdown with congressional Republicans on the Iran nuclear deal, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has acknowledged. The Republican-led Senate and House are expected to reject the deal in a joint resolution next month amid near universal condemnation of the accord by Republicans....

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday rejected President Barack Obama's pitch for the Iran nuclear deal, saying it was "absurd" to argue that lawmakers must essentially choose between the agreement or going to war. Obama made a "huge mistake" with that argument, McConnell, a Republican, told reporters in response to a speech by ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky and other congressional leaders are expressing doubts about Congress signing off on a historic agreement with Iran to address that country's nuclear program. McConnell says on "Fox News Sunday" that the deal will be "a very hard sell" for the Obama administration in Congress. McConnell ...

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell faces a tough choice this week on how to move forward with a controversial bill that would allow Congress to review and vote on a nuclear deal with Iran. The Kentucky Republican promised that when his party took over the Senate, it would change the way the chamber did business and senators would be allowed ...

US Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell called for a measure that would ensure US Congresss involvement in the final say of the Iran agreement. WASHINGTON (Sputnik) The US Senate will hold a heated discussion on the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act next week, US Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said in a press release on Thursday. What ...

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 onlegislation that seeks toensure lawmakers will have a say beforea final ...

TEL AVIV, Israel With the deadline on an interim nuclear agreement with Iran less than 48 hours away, a US Senate delegation led by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., visiting here Sunday joined Israeli officials to sound the alarm about an imminent "bad deal." Israeli Defense Minister Moseh Ya'alon quickly dismissed the Iranian regime as ...

(Reuters) - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday the U.S. Senate would vote on a bill to toughen sanctions on Iran if international negotiators miss a deadline at the end of this month for reaching a framework nuclear agreement. "Another heavy dose of sanctions would be an appropriate remedy if there's no agreement at all," McConnell ...

[caption id="attachment_148486" align="alignright" width="223"] US Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell[/caption] (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said on Sunday that President BarackObamawas on the verge of making a "very bad deal" on Iran's nuclear program and made clear that Congress will weigh in on any agreement. "Apparently ...

[caption id="attachment_148486" align="alignright" width="180"] US Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell[/caption] US Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Wednesday vowed action on a bill to toughen sanctions on Iran over its nuclear energy program despite opposition by the White House. We think the Iran sanctions bill is important and ought ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senate Republicans on Wednesday slammed President Barack Obama's response to Russian aggression as timid and insufficient, and offered an alternative that would impose sanctions on banking and energy sectors and provide weapons to Ukraine. In an election-year broadside against administration policy, eight Republicans led by GOP ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senate Republicans on Wednesday slammed President Barack Obama's response to Russian aggression as timid and insufficient, and offered an alternative that would impose sanctions on banking and energy sectors and provide weapons to Ukraine. In an election-year broadside against administration policy, eight Republicans led by GOP ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate's Republican leader said Sunday he is reserving judgment on whether to support former Sen. Chuck Hagel, the front-runner to be the next defense secretary, and predicted that his former colleague would face serious question about his stands on Iran and Israel. President Barack Obama may round out his new national security ...