Forty-one Senate Democrats have announced that they support the Iran nuclear deal negotiated by six world powers and Iran, potentially avoiding what could have been a bitter veto showdown between Congress and the White House.
On Tuesday, three Democrats – Gary Peters of Michigan, Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut and Ron Wyden of Oregon – announced their support of the deal, giving the party sufficient support to block consideration of a Resolution of Disapproval that the president’s Republican foes hoped to bring to the Senate floor this month.
President Barack Obama had threatened to veto the resolution if it passed the Senate. By last week, 34 Senate lawmakers had announced their backing of the Iran deal, ensuring that the president’s veto could not be overridden. But with the new flood of support from within his party in recent days, Obama could perhaps have no need to employ his veto pen at all.
Four Democrats have said they are not supporting the deal – Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York, Bob Menendez of New Jersey, Ben Cardin of Maryland and Joe Manchin of West Virginia. No Republicans so far are backing the agreement, which was negotiated by Tehran and world powers in Vienna earlier this year.
Here is what we know about where senators stand on the deal:
Support (Total: 42)
- Tammy Baldwin, D-WI
- Michael Bennet, D-CO
- Richard Blumenthal, D-CT
- Barbara Boxer, D-CA
- Sherrod Brown, D-OH
- Tom Carper, D-DE
- Bob Casey, D-PA
- Chris Coons, D-DE
- Joe Donnelly, D-IN
- Dick Durbin, D-IL
- Dianne Feinstein, D-CA
- Al Franken, D-MN
- Kirsten Gillibrand, D-NY
- Martin Heinrich, D-NM
- Heidi Heitkamp, D-ND
- Mazie Hirono, D-HI
- Tim Kaine, D-VA
- Angus King, I-ME
- Amy Klobuchar, D-MN
- Patrick Leahy, D-VT
- Ed Markey, D-MA
- Claire McCaskill, D-MO
- Jeff Merkley, D-OR
- Barbara Mikulski, D-MD
- Chris Murphy, D-CT
- Patty Murray, D-WA
- Bill Nelson, D-FL
- Gary Peters, D-MI
- Jack Reed, D-RI
- Harry Reid, D-NV
- Bernie Sanders, I-VT
- Brian Schatz, D-HI
- Jeanne Shaheen, D-NH
- Debbie Stabenow, D-MI
- Jon Tester, D-MT
- Tom Udall, D-NM
- Mark Warner, D-VA
- Elizabeth Warren, D-MA
- Sheldon Whitehouse, D-RI
- Cory Booker, D-NJ
- Ron Wyden, D-OR
- Maria Cantwell, D-WA
Oppose (Total: 43)
- Lamar Alexander, R-TN
- Kelly Ayotte, R-NH
- John Barrasso, R-WY
- Roy Blunt, R-MO
- John Boozman, R-AR
- Richard Burr, R-NC
- Ben Cardin, D-MD
- Bill Cassidy, R-LA
- Dan Coats, R-IN
- Susan Collins, R-ME
- Bob Corker, R-TN
- John Cornyn, R-TX
- Tom Cotton, R-AR
- Ted Cruz, R-TX
- Steve Daines, R-MT
- Joni Ernst, R-IA
- Jeff Flake, R-AZ
- Lindsey Graham, R-SC
- Orrin Hatch, R-UT
- Jim Inhofe, R-OK
- Johnny Isakson, R-GA
- Mark Kirk, R-IL
- James Lankford, R-OK
- Joe Manchin, D-WV
- John McCain, R-AZ
- Mitch McConnell, R-KY
- Bob Menendez, D-NJ
- Jerry Moran, R-KS
- Rand Paul, R-KY
- David Perdue, R-GA
- Rob Portman, R-OH
- Jim Risch, R-ID
- Marco Rubio, R-FL
- Ben Sasse, R-NE
- Chuck Schumer, D-NY
- Tim Scott, R-SC
- Richard Shelby, R-AL
- Dan Sullivan, R-AK
- John Thune, R-SD
- Thom Tillis, R-NC
- Pat Toomey, R-PA
- David Vitter - R-LA
- Roger Wicker, R-MS
Undecided/Unannounced (Total:15)
- Thad Cochran, R-MS
- Mike Crapo, R-ID
- Mike Enzi, R-WY
- Deb Fischer, R-NE
- Cory Gardner, R-CO
- Chuck Grassley, R-IA
- Dean Heller, R-NV
- John Hoeven, R-ND
- Ron Johnson, R-WI
- Mike Lee, R-UT
- Shelly Moore Capito, R-WV
- Lisa Murkowski, R-AK
- Pat Roberts, R-KS
- Mike Rounds, R-SD
- Jeff Sessions, R-AL
