JUST IN: Senators reach deal on Iran bill

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WASHINGTON -- A tentative deal has been reached by senators on a bill to apply congressional oversight to a nuclear deal with Iran.

Under the deal, the president would still be required to submit any final agreement before Congress and Congress would continue to have say over whether he can lift sanctions on Iran in exchange for restrictions on Iran's nuclear program. But the new deal, hammered out between Republicans and Democrats on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, would reduce the timeframe the Senate has to consider the lifting of sanctions, and would keep demands on Iran limited primarily to its nuclear program and not, for example, against its sponsorship of terrorism.

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