With White House pushback against an Iran sanctions bill keeping the Senate at bay, House GOP leaders are considering taking up the Senate version of the bill this month to pressure the chamber to act, according to a source familiar with GOP leadership and committee thinking. The discussion comes only a day after President Barack Obama announced the first step in a multilateral agreement mandating that beginning Jan. 20, Iran would begin dismantling its higher-level enriched uranium and enrichment infrastructure. (more…)
