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Sen. Kirk Wants Tougher Authority Against Iran

congress.gov

U.S. Senator Mark Kirk wants President Barack Obama to introduce stronger sanctions against Iran. 

The House approved a new bill last week which gives lawmakers the power to review -- and potentially reject -- a nuclear deal with Iran.

Meanwhile, the U.S. and five other nations are currently trying to reach a deal to curb the nuclear program before Iranian officials return to Tehran on June 31.

But Kirk does not think talks with Iran will go anywhere.

“I do not think that an agreement is going to be signed,” Kirk said. “The regime is absolutely dependent on a crisis atmosphere with the West, it needs to keep on generating crisis feelings - this is the regime that we’re dealing with.”

The president says he’s willing to sign the bill giving Congress the power to trump agreements made at the bargaining table.

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