During an operational meeting, Democrat leadership decided against advancing, or openly debating, “a resolution on President Obama’s Iran deal.” The decision reveals just how controversial the deal is among Democrats. BuzzFeed,
The Democratic National Committee’s Resolutions Committee, which considers and recommends changes to the party platform, chose instead to circulate a petition of support for the deal among DNC members meeting in Minneapolis for the party’s summer meeting. The petition only registers support for the deal…
During a brief discussion of the Iran deal at the Resolutions Committee meeting, members said the deal divided some Democratic households in the same way it has divided Democratic leadership in Washington. New York Sen. Charles Schumer, the expected replacement for Nevada Sen. Harry Reid as the Senate’s Democratic leader in 2017, is the most prominent of a handful of Democrats opposing the Obama administration-negotiated plan to curtail Iran’s nuclear program. Reid supports the plan.
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