
While U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) was among the 98 senators who supported a bill allowing Congress to review the final Iran nuclear deal, he does think the legislation is missing something.
Kirk believes the 98-1 vote in favor of the bill sends a strong message about how the Senate feels about President Obama’s Iran policy.
If enacted, the bill gives Congress 30 days to review any lifting of economic sanctions against Iran, and opens the possibility of federal lawmakers voting to reject the lifting of any congressionally imposed sanctions.
Kirk still has concerns about what the final deal will look like, mentioning the possibility of a “signing bonus” to Iran worth hundreds of billions of dollars, which he thinks may go to funding terrorism and allow for even greater violations of human rights within the country.