WASHINGTON — The Republican leadership of the House of Representatives has recessed floor debates Wednesday, rather than deliberate the procedural votes surrounding a proposed resolution of disapproval of the Iran nuclear deal.
The recess comes as the GOP leadership is reportedly struggling with an internal uprising of Republican representatives, who threatened to tank the vote until President Barack Obama turns over the text of agreements made between the International Atomic Energy Agency and Iran.
A group of representatives from the conservative House Freedom Caucus announced that they support a drive led by Rep. Peter Roskam to refuse to vote on the resolution, arguing that the president has not fulfilled his side of the terms of the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act.
That legislation, passed in May 2015, requires the administration to hand over all documents related to the nuclear agreement.
The administration has argued that it does not have the text of the IAEA-Iran agreements, which cover the terms for inspection of sensitive nuclear sites like Parchin, and that the agreements are not “secret side deals” but rather standard operating procedure of the IAEA.
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