Several key Democratic Senators, including Sen. Robert Menendez (D – NJ), have announced they will withhold support for any new Iran sanctions until at least March 24, giving negotiations a chance to continue at least until then.
The March 24 date was picked as the informal deadline for a framework agreement by the P5+1 on negotiations with Iran. The lack of Democratic support essentially makes it impossible that the Senate can override a threatened presidential veto until then.
There have been myriad warnings that any new sanctions by the US would violate the interim P5+1 deal and sabotage negotiations, which for some hawks opposed to the talks in general was very much the point.
Yet the increasing opposition to a war with Iran has put pressure on officials to at least allow the negotiations to continue for the time being, and means that there will likely not be a vote until at least the end of March.
Rest assured the Republican-controlled Senate and the warmongers will go ahead and vote anyway. The only thing these idiots hate worse than Russians and terrorists (and Liberals) is being told they can't (or shouldn't) do something they've ginned up as a threat to get what they want.
Profit — A god that rules Empire USA
What with over $1 trillion in pure profit yet to be made in trading war materials for Middle-East oil, we should not be so fool as to think that our corporate rich would allow Congress to ease up on the economy crippling Iran sanctions. For Iran will never agree to such an enslaving thing as trading bomb explosions for oil, and as the old prophecy goes,
“How can two walk together unless they be agreed?”