A key Democrat predicted on Tuesday that there will be enough votes in the Senate by week's end to uphold an expected veto by President Barack Obama of a resolution disapproving the Iran nuclear deal, reports The Associated Press (AP).Sen. Ben Cardin of Maryland, the top Democrat on the Foreign Relations Committee, told students at Johns Hopkins University that he remains undecided, but said the numbers are close to favoring the president when Congress votes later this month on Republican legislation disapproving of the deal.
"The numbers in Congress are looking pretty close to favoring the president," Cardin said, according to AP, adding, "The president will have at least 32 committed Democrats on his side by the end of the day. That number looks like it will clearly get to the 34 number by the end of the week so it looks pretty clear the president is going to have the support to sustain a veto." (READ MORE)
