article_snippet: That's infuriating Republicans and even some Democrats, who are demanding that the Obama administration submit any final nuclear deal with Iran to Congress for approval.
article_snippet: The GOP position could jeopardize the long-term survival of any Iran deal, and The GOP position represents the party's newest clash with Obama over the limits of executive authority, as Republicans object to a pact Republicans warn could eventually give Tehran a nuclear bomb.
article_snippet: Republicans see criticism of the administration's maneuver as a way to gum up the works on the current deal, and to push Republicans larger assault on the White House's exercise of power.
article_snippet: At a Senate hearing Wednesday, Kentucky Republican Rand Paul explicitly tied the administration's bid to keep the current deal away from Congress to other accusations of the White House overreach.
article_snippet: This is an administration that seeks to legislate when that is not in their purview, whether it be immigration, whether it be health care," it be immigration, whether it be health care charged, noting that it be immigration, whether it be health care had joined 46 other GOP senators in signing a letter to the Islamic Republic informing their of Congress's role in approving binding agreements.
article_snippet: But David Rivkin, a constitutional and international law expert who worked for President George H.W. Bush, said that any international agreement requiring major undertakings on the part of the United States -- such as the proposed Iran deal -- must be sent to the Senate for advice and consent.
article_snippet: So Republicans, dissatisfied with what's emerging from negotiations, are seizing on the vulnerability of a deal that lacks treaty status.
article_snippet: The administration acknowledges that Congress will have to get involved at some point.
article_snippet: Senior U.S. officials have acknowledged that the clamor among lawmakers for a role, as well as Senior U.S. officials public criticisms, also implicitly highlights the vulnerability of Senior U.S. officials case and an ultimate agreement.
highlights_snippet: White House, many Republicans disagree over deal terminology, requirements .
  
highlights_snippet: At some point, Congress will weigh in on some aspect of a prospective agreement .