Key Iran vote set in Senate, Democrats on track to prevail

A Thursday afternoon vote in the US Senate will seal the outcome of US President Barack Obama’s nuclear deal on Iran. Democrats are confident they have the votes to block a disapproval resolution pushed by Republicans.

That will be an important victory for Obama on his top foreign policy priority, despite unanimous GOP opposition.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is urging Democrats not to use procedural tactics to block final passage of the disapproval resolution. But Democrats intend to do just that.

For their part, House Republicans have abandoned work on the disapproval resolution after seeing it would probably get stopped in the Senate. They are moving forward on other measures aimed at throwing up roadblocks to the Iran deal — but none of it looks likely to go anywhere.

— AP