Washington – A Look At Where Senate Democrats Stand On The Iran Deal

Washington – Congress will vote next month on a resolution to disapprove of the White House-backed nuclear struck by the U.S., Iran, Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany. The deal aims to dismantle Iran’s nuclear capabilities in exchange for billions in international sanctions relief.

Republicans who control both chambers of Congress are unanimously opposed. They need a majority in the House and 60 of 100 votes in the Senate to pass the disapproval resolution.

If it does pass, President Barack Obama has pledged to veto it. At that point, opponents would need to muster two-thirds majorities in both the House and the Senate to overturn Obama’s veto.

Most attention is on the Senate, where 34 Democratic senators would be required to sustain the veto. Forty-one would be required to filibuster the disapproval resolution in the first place and prevent it from passing.

Here’s a breakdown of where the 46 members of the Democratic caucus stand:

SUPPORT – 28

Tammy Baldwin

Barbara Boxer

Sherrod Brown

Joe Donnelly

Dick Durbin

Dianne Feinstein

Al Franken

Kirsten Gillibrand

Martin Heinrich

Mazie Hirono

Tim Kaine

Angus King

Amy Klobuchar

Patrick Leahy

Ed Markey

Claire McCaskill

Chris Murphy

Bill Nelson

Jack Reed

Harry Reid

Bernie Sanders

Brian Schatz

Jeanne Shaheen

Debbie Stabenow

Jon Tester

Tom Udall

Elizabeth Warren

Sheldon Whitehouse

OPPOSED – 2

Chuck Schumer

Robert Menendez

UNDECLARED – 16

Michael Bennet

Richard Blumenthal

Cory Booker

Maria Cantwell

Ben Cardin

Tom Carper

Robert Casey

Chris Coons

Heidi Heitkamp

Joe Manchin

Jeff Merkley

Barbara Mikulski

Patty Murray

Gary Peters

Mark Warner

Ron Wyden