GOP unanimously oppose to the Iran Deal

Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona who was seen as the most likely Republican to vote for current Iran nuclear deal, said he wouldn’t back the accord when Congress votes on it next month.

Sen. Flake was seen as the only Republican to back the Iran nuclear agreement, but now he says he won’t vote for it. With this, President Obama’s effort to establish a bipartisan support for his controversial Iran nuclear deal was nothing other than an illusion.

Flake said in a statement that he cannot vote in support of the deal, since the benefits of the deal is outweighed by several limitations the proposed agreement places on Congress and future administrations in responding to Iran’s nonnuclear behavior in the region.

Without Flake or other GOP’s support, the Obama administration will face the Republican Party unanimously opposed to the deal.

This is not limited to GOP’s Sens. and Reps. The deal also is opposed by a number of prominent Democrats, including the Sen. Schumer of New York. Several congressional Democrats have also come out in support of the agreement. Those have included Sens. Gillibrand of New York, Kaine of Virginia and Feinstein of California.

Sen. Bob Corker of Tennessee said Monday that Congress should reject the Iran nuclear agreement, suggesting the deal won’t prevent Tehran from getting a nuclear weapon.

Corker’s opposition to the Iran deal comes after Sen. Flake and a number of Senate Democrats have come out in support for the agreement.

Corker, like Flake, suggested the deal ties Congress’s and future administration’s hands on what it can do to push back against Iranian non-nuclear activities, including support for terrorism or human rights violations.

Congress is expected to vote next month on a resolution disapproving of the deal. President Obama has promised a veto. To override the veto, Republicans would need two-thirds of both houses of Congress that means they would need 44 House Democrats and 13 Senate Democrats.