Congress should use legislation funding the government to force President Barack Obama’s administration to hand over more information about the nuclear agreement with Iran, said Republican US Senator Ted Cruz said on Tuesday.
Days after a deadline passed for Congress to vote on the nuclear pact, the 2016 presidential hopeful said any legislation to fund the government after Sept. 30 must require the administration to hand over information about “secret side deals” involving inspections of Iran’s nuclear facilities.

Any stop-gap funding bill should use “the power of the purse to force this administration to hand over the Iranian side deals,” Cruz told reporters at the U.S. Capitol.
Cruz said it would be Obama, not him, who would force a government shutdown if the president jeopardized government-wide funding by refusing to detail the Iran side deals.
The “side deals” refer to arrangements between Iran and international nuclear inspectors that lay out a framework for inspections. The International Atomic Energy Agency insists details of such arrangements must be kept confidential.