House probes Iran deal
A look at the Middle East issues Congress will be addressing the week of April 20.
It is the House's turn to probe the Iran deal after a key Senate panel voted this week to review any final agreement.
The Foreign Affairs Committee will hold a hearing April 22 on verification of a final deal. The Senate could vote as early as this coming week on the review measure from Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., with the House following soon after.
The congressional debate comes as talks resume in Vienna with the goal of reaching a final deal by the end of June. Passage of the bill by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee does not appear to have harmed the talks, with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani saying he is negotiating with the United States and other world powers, not Congress.
The committee is also scheduled to approve on April 23 a military assistance package for Jordan, which Al-Monitor first revealed in February. The legislation from Middle East Chairwoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., would speed up shipments of advanced weapons to Jordan in its fight against the Islamic State.
