Is Iran deal the GOP's new Obamacare?

Julian Pecquet

Jan 7, 2016

House Foreign Affairs Chairman Ed Royce, R-Calif. (L), and top Democrat Eliot Engel, D-N.Y., converse after committee Democrats unanimously reject the Republican sanctions bill that would preclude US obligations under the Iran nuclear deal, Washington, Jan. 7, 2016. — Julian Pecquet

A key House panel on Jan. 7 passed Iran sanctions legislation along party lines, breaking a long tradition of bipartisan cooperation on the issue.

The House Foreign Affairs Committee approved a bill that critics say would make it impossible for the United States to live up to its end of the Iran deal. The full House will vote on the measure Jan. 13 before Republicans leave for their annual retreat, a House leadership aide said.