THE HILL
by Mike Lillis
April 8, 2015

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday announced she will oppose legislation empowering Congress to review the White House’s nuclear deal with Iran. The California Democrat said the proposal, sponsored by Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), threatens to sink the agreement at a crucial juncture in the talks. She’s urging lawmakers oppose the measure in order to allow negotiators the space to hash out the final details ahead of the June 30 deadline…Rep. Steve Israel (N.Y.), chairman of the Democrats’ communications and messaging team, warned Wednesday that the deal is too important to deny Congress a vote on it. “If President Bush had proposed this deal, I would demand the right to review it and to vote on it. President Obama is proposing this deal, I reserve the right to read it and vote on it,” Israel said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” program. “It shouldn’t matter who the president is, Congress has a constitutional responsibility to weigh in on deals of this magnitude and that’s exactly what we should do.” READ MORE