{"id":61677,"date":"2015-03-10T20:22:41","date_gmt":"2015-03-10T20:22:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2015\/03\/10\/foreign-relations-agenda-suddenly-in-doubt\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T00:28:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T00:28:14","slug":"foreign-relations-agenda-suddenly-in-doubt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2015\/03\/10\/foreign-relations-agenda-suddenly-in-doubt\/","title":{"rendered":"Foreign Relations Agenda Suddenly in Doubt"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 One day, you have Capitol Hill&#8217;s most rare currency: bipartisan support. A few days later, your agenda is teetering on the brink. Just ask Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Suddenly, the Tennessee Republican must deal with an embattled Democratic partner, as well as a miles-wide \u2014 and growing \u2014 rift on Iran between 47 of his Republican mates and the Obama White House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span>Corker took the high-profile gavel in January at what seemed a fortuitous moment. T<\/span>here was support from Republicans and Democrats on issues the committee had been working on for some time: a bill requiring congressional approval of any deal on Iran&#8217;s nuclear program and another effort to craft an authorization of the use of military force (AUMF) for the Islamic State conflict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We&#8217;ve got to show people that we can deal with a serious issue in a serious way,&#8221; Senate Foreign Relations Committee member Tim Kaine, D-Va., told CongressWatch Tuesday. &#8220;And we&#8217;ve got two real tough ones on the table right now: Iran and the ISIL AUMF. And the world will either benefit or be disadvantaged by an Iran deal or no deal \u2026 They need to know we&#8217;re going to look at it seriously.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"746\" height=\"1000\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1395362553008-webdevillena-09jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1395362553008-webdevillena-09jpg.jpg 746w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1395362553008-webdevillena-09jpg.jpg?resize=224,300 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 746px) 100vw, 746px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Allan DeVillena<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those tough issues only got politically tougher since Congress adjourned early last Wednesday ahead of a Washington snow storm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Senate Democrats the next day forced Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., to delay a vote on a bill requiring the Senate to approve any Iran deal. On Friday, the Justice Department confirmed reports that Corker&#8217;s wing man on the panel, Ranking Member Bob Menendez, D-N.J., likely will soon face federal corruption charges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I do think&#8221; recent events &#8220;make a number of my colleagues who I think would sign on to the Corker-Menendez bill \u2026 now like &#8216;Well, I kind of agree on the substance, but isn&#8217;t the Senate showing they can&#8217;t take this up in a rational, bipartisan way?&#8217;,&#8221; Kaine said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I&#8217;m trying to convince them to focus on the substance,&#8221; he added, &#8220;but it gets harder and harder when people are pulling stunts like this.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Like other Democrats, Kaine is pinning much of the blame on freshman Sen. 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