House leaders presented a plan this week to take three separate votes on the Iran nuclear deal in the coming days.
The first vote will be a House resolution of disapproval that President Obama did not submit all of the necessary documents to Congress concerning the deal. The second vote would give the House the opportunity to vote in favor of the Iran deal if it so chooses, and the third vote would prohibit President Obama from lifting any sanctions imposed on Iran.
“House leadership (has) outlined a three-vote path forward on the consideration of President Obama’s Iran deal,” Rep. Steve Womack (R-AR) said. “And I believe it is the correct plan of action. This procedural course is necessary in order to send a message, loud and clear, from Congress this is a bad deal, and we will do everything in our power to stop it from becoming a reality. One vote alone does not strongly enough convey our disapproval, and after this series of votes, I am hopeful that President Obama will not be able to find a loophole through which to move the deal forward.”
Womack, 58, is a native of Russellville, Arkansas. After living in Moberly, Missouri, Womack’s family returned to Arkansas in 1973, where Womack graduated from Russellville High School in 1975. Womack earned a bachelor’s degree from Arkansas Tech University in 1979 and, after graduation, was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Arkansas Army National Guard.