Economics
Senators Seeking More Iran Sanctions Resist Bid for Delay
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Two top Senate backers of added U.S. sanctions against Iran said the Obama administration failed to persuade them to put their legislative push on hold during international efforts to negotiate curbs on the Islamic republic’s nuclear program.
Senator Robert Menendez, a New Jersey Democrat who heads the Foreign Relations Committee, and Senator Mark Kirk, an Illinois Republican, said they intend to push forward with new economic sanctions after emerging from a closed-door briefing yesterday with Vice President Joe Biden, Secretary of State John Kerry and Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew.