Gop Senators: Congress Should Vote On Trump's Potential Iran Nuclear Deal

A brace of hawkish, Trump-supporting Senate Republicans opportunity that immoderate "lasting" Iran atomic deal would request to beryllium approved by Congress, ideally done a two-thirds mostly pact vote. 

But scoring a two-thirds mostly successful nan Senate for pact ratification would require Iran to fulfill a bid of steep demands. In summation to getting free of each of its enriched uranium and centrifuges, GOP lawmakers opportunity it would request to dismantle its ballistic rocket programme and cease each support for violent groups across nan Middle East.

"If they want nan astir durable and lasting benignant of deal, past they want to bring it to nan Senate and person it voted connected arsenic a treaty," Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., said successful consequence to a mobility from Fox News Digital. 

"That was 1 logic why President Obama's woody was truthful weak," Cotton went on. "An statement betwixt nan American president, whoever he aliases she whitethorn be, and a overseas leader, tin beryllium reversed by early presidents, which President Trump rightly did 7 years agone today."

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Sen. Tom Cotton said, "If they want nan astir durable and lasting benignant of deal, past they want to bring it to nan Senate and person it voted connected arsenic a treaty." (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

In 2015, Cotton led an unfastened missive signed by Senate Republicans to Iranian leaders informing that immoderate atomic statement not approved by Congress could beryllium undone by a early administration. The move was wide viewed arsenic a nonstop effort to undermine President Barack Obama’s ongoing negotiations.

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., echoed nan telephone for legislature oversight, saying that "at a minimum" immoderate woody must spell done nan Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act (INARA), which passed Congress successful 2015 pinch resounding bipartisan support and guarantees lawmakers a chance to reappraisal immoderate accord reached pinch Tehran.

Graham said he had told Secretary of State Marco Rubio location was "no way" to get 67 votes to ratify a pact statement without Iran wholly dismantling its atomic and rocket programs and support for terrorism. 

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 Sen. Lindsey Graham earlier a ballot connected Feb. 20, 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

The senators besides drew a parallel pinch nan alleged 123 agreements – nan ineligible frameworks that govern U.S. civilian atomic practice pinch overseas nations. These agreements require strict safeguards to forestall nan improvement of atomic weapons.

"It's besides customary successful immoderate cases for nan Congress, not conscionable nan Senate, to walk mean authorities that supports nan alleged 123 agreements," Cotton noted, suggesting that immoderate broad woody pinch Iran should beryllium treated pinch akin legislative rigor.

Cotton and Graham said to reporters aft introducing a solution outlining "acceptable" position of an Iran deal, including full cessation of uranium enrichment. 

According to nan International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Iran has amassed capable highly enriched uranium to perchance build respective atomic weapons if it chose to do truthful – though U.S. intelligence assessments support that Tehran has not yet made a determination to weaponize.

Both U.S. and Israeli officials person ramped up their threats against nan regime. Trump has made clear that if talks spell south, nan U.S. will prosecute successful nonstop subject action to thwart Iran’s atomic program. 

Iran's leader, Ali Khamenei, attends an arena successful Tehran connected March 21, 2025. (Iranian Leader Press Office/Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images)

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Graham suggested nan authorities only has "weeks" to acquiesce to a deal. 

"We're not talking astir long, prolonged negotiations," nan South Carolina Republican said. "We're talking weeks, not months, not years. The imaginable of Iranian breakout looms ample here. Israel's desire to bring closure to this rumor looms ample here."