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Senate backs Iran war powers resolution as GOP pressure grows on Trump's deal to end war
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- "If there is some deal that is struck, I would expect at some point Congress would have some sort of vote on it," Thune told reporters.
- Asked what role Congress should play in approving whatever comes out of the talks, Thune said many senators are still "anxious to hear more" from officials involved in the negotiations.
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Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said Tuesday he expects Congress would likely vote on any broader Iran deal that emerges from the Trump administration's 60-day negotiating window, though he said he does not yet know what form that vote would take.
"If there is some deal that is struck, I would expect at some point Congress would have some sort of vote on it," Thune told reporters. "Whether that's a resolution of disapproval or something, I don't know the answer to that," he added.
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