Congress demands details on Trump’s Iran peace deal

WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - A possible peace deal between the U.S. and Iran is on the table after more than two months of on-and-off diplomatic talks, but the details remain unclear and Congress is asking questions.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer wants President Trump to brief all of Congress and release the details of the peace agreement to the American public.

“The American people need this war to end,” Schumer said.

Top Senate Democrats expressed outrage Tuesday, saying they have not been given any details about President Trump’s peace deal with Iran.

“This has been a humiliating 100 days for the United States,” Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) said. “The president doesn’t want you to see this agreement because it is essentially a report card on what a disaster this war has been.”

Schumer wants a Gang of 8 meeting on the deal — that’s the group of four legislative leaders from both chambers, and the top members of the House and Senate intelligence committees.

Schumer is also calling for a briefing for all of Congress and wants the text of the deal publicly released.

“Stop keeping America in the dark. After more than 100 days of bloodshed, 13 Americans killed, hundreds more wounded, tens of billions of dollars spent. What exactly did we get out of Trump’s failed war?” Schumer asked.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune says he also has not been briefed on Trump’s Iran agreement.

“I think we’re all hoping to get more information, more detail about that. I expect that will be forthcoming,” Thune said. “I’m hoping that when we get more information about the memorandum of understanding, we’ll have a better sense about what the path forward is, but I fully believe that the president and his team are moving in the right direction, getting the Strait open, getting the shipping lanes opened again, I think, is going to be really essential.”

The Senate was unable to advance a war powers resolution for the ninth time Tuesday.

The measure to stop military action against Iran failed 47-48. Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman was the only Democrat to vote no. Four Republicans voted in favor: Sens. Bill Cassidy, Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski and Rand Paul.