Economics
With or Without Iran Deal, Obama Faces Fight With Congress
As the deadline for a deal nears, the president will find obstacles waiting for him at home.
U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during the dedication of the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate in Boston, Mass., on March 30.
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If the negotiations with Iran now in their final hours in Switzerland produce the framework of a deal, President Barack Obama will face a leviathan task of selling it to a skeptical Congress.
If they fail to produce anything by a self-imposed March 31 deadline, he’ll confront an equally daunting challenge of holding off congressional moves to impose new sanctions on Iran while he tries to buy more time for negotiations.