List of U.S. Congress articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 As Expected, Menendez Announces Opposition to Iran Deal
Sen. Robert Menendez of New Jersey announced his opposition to the Iran deal on Tuesday, becoming the second Senate Democrat to challenge the White House’s principal foreign-policy initiative -- but giving opponents of the pact little reason to be optimistic that they can derail it.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 How to Get a Better Deal With Iran
Don't listen to the naysayers. Congress can still force Iran back to the negotiating table — and the world will be a safer place for it.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Kerry: There Is No ‘Better’ Iran Deal
Rejecting critics who say the United States should simply re-negotiate a “better deal” with Iran over its nuclear program, Secretary of State John Kerry said Tuesday such a proposal is naive and based on a misreading of the last decade of diplomatic efforts to curb Tehran’s nuclear program.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 When Multilateralism Met Realism — and Tried to Make an Iran Deal
The current debate offers a bonanza of lessons for IR students on how their theories are applied outside the classroom and why sometimes even the most rigorous theorist needs to compromise.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Chuck Schumer’s Disingenuous Iran Deal Argument
The good senator from New York may be voting his conscience, but he’s got the facts all wrong.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Powerful Democratic Senator Breaks With Obama on Iran Deal
Sen. Chuck Schumer’s decision to vote against the president’s agreement with Tehran could make it easier for other wavering Democrats to come out against it as well.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 P5+1 Nations Press Senate Democrats to Support Iran Deal
The White House says it’s confident it has the votes to override Republicans who reject the historic accord to limit Iran’s nuclear program agreed to by world powers and Tehran. But some of America’s closest allies are less certain, and are clearing their schedules to meet with wavering Democratic lawmakers in a push to keep the deal intact.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 No, Iran’s Hardliners Aren’t Making Common Cause with the GOP
President Obama's speech to sell the Iran deal ended up as little more than partisan jabs.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 To Sell Iran Nuclear Deal, Obama Invokes Iraq War Fiasco
Warning Congress not to derail his agreement, the president compares critics of the Iran nuclear accord to those who backed the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Puerto Rico Is Becoming America’s Greece
Puerto Rico makes it official and goes into default on its debt.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Pro-Israel Lobby Accepts White House Briefing — On Its Own Terms
In Washington, most lobbying groups need to beg the White House for a meeting with the president of the United States. But if the lobbying group in question is AIPAC, the most powerful pro-Israel shop in the country, it’s the White House that does the begging.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 This Is What Will Happen if Congress Blows Up the Iran Nuclear Deal
If the naysayers manage to blow up the newly minted agreement, it will be a disaster for the United States — and will only push Iran closer to the bomb.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Kerry: You Know Who Hates the Nuke Deal? Iran’s Revolutionary Guard.
Citing an assessment by the U.S. intelligence community, Secretary of State John Kerry said on Tuesday that Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps opposes the nuclear accord struck earlier this month by the United States, Tehran and five world powers.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Ahead of Friday Deadline, Conservatives Harden Opposition to the Export-Import Bank
The most conservative members of the Republican party are hardening opposition to the Export-Import Bank.
