Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI) said on Monday he backs the nuclear deal with Iran, becoming the 16th senator to do so and moving President Barack Obama one vote closer to locking in enough Senate votes to make the deal fly, Reuters reported.
A liberal, Jewish-born lawmaker from Hawaii, Schatz had been expected to come down in favor of the deal. His decision is noteworthy because it came just a few days after another Jewish senator, Democrat Chuck Schumer of New York, announced his opposition to the Iran agreement.
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