Republicans Want the Nuclear Deal to at Least Be Voted On

Opponents of the nuclear deal in the U.S. Senate have given up on trying to reject it and are now hoping for at least a negative vote in the final Senate vote. However, even a negative Senate vote can no longer achieve anything, as the number of Democratic senators in favor of the deal has now reached over 34, specifically 37. This situation allows the U.S. President to exercise his legal right to veto it in the event of a negative Senate vote. Among the Democratic senators, currently only two, Chuck Schumer and Bob Menendez, have publicly expressed their opposition to the Iran deal. Meanwhile, supporters of the deal have also begun efforts to secure the votes of 41 senators to prevent the deal from being approved in Congress. There are even whispers of using a tactic called "filibuster" to halt the voting process in the Senate. If legislation in the House cannot reach a conclusion due to lengthy speeches by representatives or if the agenda does not reach a conclusion based on voting, the term "filibuster" is used for this situation. The efforts of senators supporting the nuclear deal with Iran come at a time when supporters in the House of Representatives also need a total of 146 votes, and so far over 90 Democrats, including a group of senior representatives, have declared their support for the deal. The issue of the number of opponents and supporters of the nuclear deal with Iran undoubtedly ranks among the most contentious political discussions in the United States. In another development, 44 professors from universities such as Harvard, Princeton, McGill, and MIT signed a letter written by Akbar Ganji, published on the Huffington Post website, supporting the nuclear agreement of the so-called P5+1 countries with Iran and calling for the establishment of "peace and justice in the region, freedom, and the elimination of discrimination within countries." Meanwhile, in recent weeks, the American-Israeli Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) has been actively working against this agreement, spending at least $20 million on its advertising costs.