article_snippet: However, reaction in Congress among Republicans to possible deal with Iran has been hostile, with one senior senator warning that the White House faces 'a violent backlash' if the White House bypasses Washington and instead brings the deal to the United Nations.
article_snippet: Republican senator Lindsey Graham threatened to pass legislation in the Senate in April to require congressional oversight of any deal before congressional oversight of any deal can be brought to the U.N.
article_snippet: Republican senator Lindsey Graham told the U.N. Security Council on Foreign Relations in New York: 'That would be met with a violent response in the Congress.
article_snippet: Republican Senator Bob Corker, the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, introduced the bipartisan bill to give the Congress a vote on any agreement reached.
article_snippet: the bipartisan bill would require the president to submit the text of any agreement to the Congress and would prohibit the administration from waiving any of the congressional sanctions for 60 days.
article_snippet: During that time, lawmakers could hold hearings and approve, disagree or take no action on the deal.
article_snippet: Senator Corker, who introduced the measure with Democratic Senators Bob Menendez and Tim Kaine of Virginia and Graham, already wrote to Mr Obama warning Mr Obama not to try to by-pass the Congress.
article_snippet: In a letter, Senator Corker told Mr Obama that letting the U.N. consider such an agreement - while at the same time threatening to veto legislation that would allow the Congress to vote on it - would be a 'direct affront' to the American people and would undermine the role of the Congress.
highlights_snippet: Republicans in Congress want to oversee any proposed Iranian agreement .