article_snippet: Enough members of President Barack Obama's party have signaled support for that bill and another that would impose new sanctions on Iran if that bill doesn't make an agreement with negotiators that the White House would be powerless to stop the measures from going into effect once passed.
article_snippet: One would levy additional sanctions on Iran after June 30 if it doesn't agree to the final terms of a deal, though monthly waivers would be allowed should more time be requested.
article_snippet: The other would give the Senate Foreign Affairs the power to reject within 60 days any pact the executive branch makes with Iran.
article_snippet: The White House has threatened to veto Senate legislation interfering with the administration's attempt to convince Tehran to put aside Tehran nuclear ambitions.
article_snippet: Senate legislation interfering with the administration's attempt to convince Tehran to put aside its nuclear ambitionsgoes well beyond ensuring that Congress has a role to play in any deal with Iran,' Denis McDonough contended, and could set a 'potentially damaging precedent.'
article_snippet: Earnest said that legislation giving Congress 60 days to reject a deal would suggest to the Iranians that the United States may not stick to the United States end of the bargain. '
article_snippet: If Democrats and Republicans in the Senate stick together, The White House will not be able undo Democrats and Republicans in the Senate stick together work.
article_snippet: A vote of 66 lawmakers or more in favor of the measures would tie the president's hands.
highlights_snippet: The White House would be powerless to stop the measures from going into effect once passed if as many Democrats as expected defect .
  
highlights_snippet: One bill would levy additional sanctions on Iran if One bill doesn't agree to the final terms of a deal; the other would give the Senate the power to reject any pact the executive branch makes with Iran .
  