President Obama on Saturday threatened to veto an Iran bill proposed by a bipartisan group of senators on Friday.
The bill would require the White House to submit the nuclear agreement with Iran within five days of reaching the deal. It would also keep Obama from lifting sanctions on Iran for 60 days after the deal is reached.
“The President has been clear that now is not the time for Congress to pass additional legislation on Iran,” National Security Council spokeswoman Bernadette Meehan said on Saturday in a statement to The Hill. “If this bill is sent to the President, he will veto it. We are in the final weeks of an international negotiation. We should give our negotiators the best chance of success, rather than complicating their efforts.”
The United States, Russia, China, France, Germany, Britain and Iran must reach a deal on Iran’s nuclear program by March 24.