White House says longer Congress review of Iran deal won’t matter
White House spokesman Josh Earnest has suggested that there would be no problem for longer Congress review period of a potential nuclear deal with Iran after negotiators missed the Tuesday deadline.
“We welcome additional scrutiny of the deal, if one is reached,” Earnest said on Tuesday.
If an agreement is not submitted to Congress by July 9, lawmakers can review a possible deal for 60 days instead of 30 days.
A longer review period would allow opponents in the United States to gather support for keeping in place congressional sanctions related to Iran’s nuclear program. Congress is permitted to reject the deal.
Earnest also mentioned the US Congress will be on a month-long recess next month.
“It’s not as if Congress is going to spend those entire 60 days studying the agreement,” he said.
The spokesman noted that Iran and the P5+1 group of countries -- Russia, China, France, Britain, the US and Germany – are working hard over unresolved issues.
“These talks at least for now are worth continuing,” Earnest said. “We’re focused on the quality of a potential deal.”
The nuclear negotiators agreed to extend the deadline until Friday, July 10, after they failed to reach consensus.
EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said on Tuesday that the talks between Iran and the P5+1 countries would continue “for the next couple of days.”
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