i should mention that senator menendez who was until recently the ranking member on this committee, said that the white house should embrace this. because it s going to have a strong vote in the committee and he predicted also a strong bipartisan vote on the senate floor when it comes up for a vote. i m told it s a priority and that after it passes through committee, it will come to a vote on the senate floor, quote soon according to an aide to the majority leader. wolf? i m sure it will pass on the senate as well at least this legislation. jim, one amendment that marco rubio who announced yesterday is running for the republican presidential nomination he wanted an amendment attached that iran as part of any deal would have to recognize israel s right to exist. i don t know if that s going forward or not going forward. the latest on that is he may pull that back that amendment back because of his concern if he put that in it would take away what appears to be building bipartisan su
something that iran would not accept. these negotiations from the beginning have been focused on the nuclear program, other issues whether terrorism recognition of israel or something the west the u.s. had agreed to keep off the table regardless of what happens with this legislation it does look like it will pass even if congress blesses this agreement, this is a foreign policy legacy defining achievement of this administration in its view. it is something they consider and the president considers his own territory and to have congress thrust itself into this space is something the administration was clearing battling back and if they lose on this that s a loss. that s taking it on the chin from the administration. doesn t mean they lose the deal but it puts congress in a place where the president feels he should have his prerogative. the president sees this as a legacy issue and the opening towards cuba in the final two years of his administration. see what happens on the senate f
it s also a fact that there are many members of congress who see this potential pact with iran as simply unacceptable. i m joined by jim sciutto on capitol hill and athena jones. first to you, what is in this new bill this compromised version i m told that the republicans and democrats, members of the committee have worked on? hi wolf. well this as you mentioned there have been a lot of negotiations to try to find common ground on this bill. the bill that we believe will be voted on and voted out of committee later this afternoon, requires the president to submit the final iran deal to congress. it gives congress up to 52 days to review the deal. during that period the president would not be able to wave the sanctions that have. imposed by congress op iran. there is an initial 30 day review period during which congress is able do that review and another 12s days get added if congress does vote on a bill and sends it to the president s desk and another 10 days if the president vetoe
according to this bill after july 9th then the review period automatically reverts to 60 days for a period of two months the president would not be able to lift any of those congressionally imposed sanctions. under the bill the president is required to certify every 90 days that iran is complying with the deal as laid out. the requires a series of detailed reports on a range of issues from iran s nuclear program to its ballistic missiles and also any terrorism it may be sponsoring around the world. that s what s in the bill they will be discussing in committee just over an hour from now and the language we expect to see coming out of the bill when they vote on it later today. we assume they will pass it and go to the senate. there s no deal yet, though. they have until june 30th to work out a deal as secretary kerry and president obama keep saying until they work out everything there s no deal. and the iranians keep saying on