Proposed replacement legislation, outlined by Baker and Christopher in a July 8 NY Times guest op-ed, cuts the military time down to one week and then requires a congressional "resolution of approval" on the matter, subject to veto and override.
In the House, 25 Democrats voted against a symbolic resolution of approval on the deal, but only two gave their support to the resolution to suspend the president's ability to waive sanctions -- the vote that could have carried serious implications for the nuclear accord.
Unless it declared war or otherwise expressly authorized a conflict, it would have to vote within 30 days on a resolution of approval.
Towards the end of the 60-day review period, both the House and Senate will probably vote on a resolution of approval or disapproval.
Although such a resolution would be unlikely to pass with a two-thirds majority in both chambers, lawmakers may still hold a separate vote on a resolution of approval.
Pentagon and State Department officials are aggressively courting countries like Pakistan, Turkey and India, but so far those nations have made any deployments conditional on a United Nations resolution of approval.
The House is scheduled to vote Friday on both a resolution of approval and a resolution of disapproval of the Iran deal.
If the resolution of approval was defeated in either House, any member of Congress could propose a resolution of disapproval.
Based on an agreement reached in May, Congress was given 60 days to review the nuclear deal before voting on a resolution of either approval or disapproval.
Richard Lugar, the committee's senior Republican and the Senate's most respected expert on arms control, has proposed a resolution of treaty approval to address the critics' concerns.
Bipartisan approval of a resolution on force that President Bush negotiated with Congressional leaders is now considered all but certain.
