President Obama discusses Iran nuclear negotiations at the White House on April 2.(Photo: Pool photo by Olivier Douliery)
WASHINGTON -- As a key Senate panel prepares to vote on handling an emerging nuclear deal with Iran, a nationwide USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll finds overwhelming support for the idea that Congress should have a role in deciding whether the United States supports the final agreement.
Those surveyed say by 72% to 19% -- nearly 4-1 -- that Congress should have a role.
The findings bolster the view of Republicans lawmakers and some leading Democrats who back a measure that would prohibit President Obama from lifting congressionally-imposed economic sanctions on Iran until Congress has had a chance to review the agreement's details. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee is scheduled to vote on the legislation Tuesday.
The White House has threatened to veto the bill, though supporters led by Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Bob Corker, R-Tenn., hope to muster the two-thirds majority in the Senate and the House needed to overturn a presidential veto. Obama says congressional action isn't necessary and risks undermining the multinational negotiations.
Americans are inclined to approve of the agreement itself, although not by a large margin. In the poll, 46% express approval, 37% disapproval. The remainder are undecided. The survey of 1,000 people, taken by landline and cell phone Wednesday through Monday, has a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.
On the agreement, views divide sharply along partisan lines: 72% of Democrats but just 20% of Republicans approve of the deal. Among independents, 41% approve. But there is majority support for a congressional role across the board. On that, 91% of Republicans, 58% of Democrats and 72% of independents agree.
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