Make a deal with Iran — and Congress

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/make-a-deal-with-iran--and-congress/2015/04/07/1c9c3622-dd49-11e4-acfe-cd057abefa9a_story.html

In the article Congress is working on making a law that will allow them to work with president on the Iran nuclear deal. The problem on making this law is that the Republican majority and democrat minority shows that the bill may be vetoed due to the number of Republicans both in the Senate and House. The bill that will give Congress some authority over foreign deals is called Corker Bill from the chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee of the Senate R. It has gone through many provisions. The original was Congress can approve or disapprove a deal with a foreign country and disapprove deal will be automatically blocked. The “new language” added to the bill is allowing a deal to go into effect for 60 days then vote yes or no decision. There are sanction laws that exist that the president can waive on his own but is unsustainable. A provisions of offensive of the administration could have been requiring to periodically checking Iran for support of terrorism against United States. Senator Bob Mendez loses role as ranking member of committee losing the provision.

I believe it is a good an idea to pass a law that would allow Congress to weigh-in foreign deals with the president. The 60 day in effect of a deal gives a president a chance to make a deal and not have Congress disapproving the deal after proposal. This article is a good example of a committee having a bill revised before making it to the both senate and house. The Senator Bob Mendez of the Foreign Relations Committee could have made the provision for the Obama administration but was unable to due to losing his role.