
San Diego Congressman Scott Peters is sticking to a position of “undecided” on the Iran deal despite growing Democratic Party opposition that includes influential Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY).
by Michelle Moons11 Aug 2015, 5:48 AM PST0

Schumer’s statement provides a serious policy basis for Obama’s successor–Republican or Democrat–to reject the Iran deal. Congress can do so first–and, thanks to Schumer, still might.
by Joel B. Pollak7 Aug 2015, 1:17 AM PST0

Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) promised in 2013 “that together, Democrats and Republicans are gonna work to see that we don’t let up on these sanctions, as this agreement did, until Iran gives up not only all nuclear weapons, but all nuclear weapon capability, all enriched uranium, all the centrifuges, and all the heavy water reactors at Arak.”
by Joel B. Pollak27 Jul 2015, 12:40 PM PST0

The Iran deal, by Schumer’s own standards, is a failure. In May, at a dinner for Agudath Israel, an Orthodox Jewish group that lobbies for religious concerns, Schumer laid out “five things we have to be very, very careful about” in the emerging deal. The Iran deal fails four of five.
by Joel B. Pollak27 Jul 2015, 9:27 AM PST0

On Sunday, New York City’s AM 970 host John Catsimatidis had former Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) on his “The Cats Roundtable” program to talk about the Iran nuclear deal. Lieberman started off by ripping the White House for its proposed Iran nuke deal by
by Trent Baker26 Jul 2015, 9:10 PM PST0

The National Jewish Democratic Council (NJDC), an organization that exists to boost Jewish support for Democrats, has announced its “strong support” for the nuclear deal with Iran. Not “cautious support,” or even “support.” Strong support.
by Joel B. Pollak19 Jul 2015, 7:46 AM PST0

A source at the international nuclear talks in Vienna indicates that a deal with Iran is likely on Friday, probably due to a U.S. collapse on a new Iranian demand that an international arms embargo be lifted as part of the deal.
by Joel B. Pollak9 Jul 2015, 6:13 AM PST0