article_snippet: Obama lacks the . political and legal backing to commit the United States to an . international agreement, Republican leaders say.
article_snippet: Obama has just two years remaining in office, but many of the Senate's Republican lawmakers who oppose the initiative will remain in positions of power long after Chinese President Xi Jinping has moved on. '
article_snippet: hasn't even signed off on the Clean Power Plan and 13 states .
article_snippet: letter' from 47 Republican senators to Iran, in which 47 Republican senators .
article_snippet: nuclear agreement struck by Democrat Obama without congressional .
article_snippet: approval, calling nuclear agreement struck by Democrat Obama without congressional a 'mere executive agreement.'
highlights_snippet: President Barack Obama lacks the political and legal backing to commit the United States to an international agreement, Republican lawmakers say .
  