1-17-2014 16 Dem Senators Join AIPAC Against Iran Deal; Feinstein and TV’s Chris Hayes Support Obama | Wallwritings

16 Dem Senators Join AIPAC Against Iran Deal; Feinstein and TV's Chris Hayes Support Obama | Wallwritings

http://wallwritings.me/2014/01/17/16-dem-senators-join-aipac-against-iran-deal-feinstein-and-tvs-chris-hayes-support-obama/?utm_source=Weekly+Digest+Jan+22%2C+2014&utm_campaign=December+18%2C+2013&utm_medium=email

Sixteen Democratic U.S. Senators, including two with higher political aspirations, have joined Republican senators as co-sponsors of Senate legislation which might better be described as "the kill the Iranian nuclear pact" legislation.
The legislation was presented to the Senate by Senators Mark Kirk (R-IL) and Robert Menendez (D-NJ), major AIPAC Senate leaders for their respective political parties..

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