Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kei te riri tonu ngā kaitōrangapū Democrat ki ō rātau hoa GOP i tuku i tētahi reta ki ngā kaiārahi Iranian i te wiki kua pahure ake nei e whakahē ana i a Peresideni Barack Obama, engari ka tautoko tonu rātau i te ture e rua-rōpū e hoatu ai ki te Kaunihera te kupu whakamutunga mō tētahi kirimana karihi. He nui ngā mema o te rōpū o te peresideni kua tohu tautoko mō taua pire me tētahi atu e whakatakoto ana i ngā herenga hou ki a Iran mēnā kāore i te whakaaetanga ki ngā kaitiaki kōrero e kore e taea e te Whare Pōtae te aukati i ngā tikanga kia whai mana i te wā ka whakaaetia. Ko te whakahaere a Obama me ona hoa o te ao inaianei tae noa ki te 24 o Maehe ki te whakarite i te anga mo te kirimana. Panuku ki raro mō te ataata. Ko te Tumuaki o te Komiti Whakawhitiwhitiwhiti o te Senate, a Bob Corker, he Reipa, kei te taha o te mema o te komiti, Sen. Robert Menendez, he Democrat, matau, me Sen. James Risch, he Republican, i a ratau e whakarongo ana ki te Hekeretari o te Kawanatanga a John Kerry, ki te pokapū, hoki ki te kaamera, e whakaatu ana i runga i te Capitol Hill i tera wiki. Ko Corker rāua ko Menendez ngā kaitautoko matua o tētahi o ngā pire e herea ai te mana whakawhitiwhitinga a te manga whakahaere. Whai muri i tera, he tekau ma rua nga mema o te Democratic Senate, tae atu ki a Richard Blumenthal o Connecticut, Heidi Heitkamp o North Dakota me Robert Menendez o New Jersey, ko te Democrat teitei rawa atu i te komiti mo nga Take o waho o te Senate, i kii ka uru atu ratou ki te nuinga o te GOP ki te tuku i nga pire e whakauru ana ki roto i te tukanga. Ko tētahi o ēnei ko te whakatakoto i ngā herenga anō ki a Iran i muri i te 30 o Hune mēnā kāore i whakaae ki ngā tikanga whakamutunga o tētahi kirimana, ahakoa ka whakaaetia ngā whakakorenga ā-marama mēnā ka tono atu te wā. Ko tētahi atu ka hoatu te mana ki te Rūnanga ki te whakakahore i roto i ngā rā 60 i tētahi kirimana ka whakaritea e te manga whakahaere ki Iran. Ko nga Democrats i korero ki a Politico i whakapuaki i to ratou riri ki nga mema 47 o te GOP i tuhi i tetahi reta ki a Iran e whakamohio ana ki nga kaiarahi o te whenua ko nga kirimana katoa ka mahia e ia ki te tari Obama ka whakakorehia ka riro mai he perehitini hou i te Hanuere 2017, i te mea ko te nuinga o nga mema o te ruma o runga kei roto...
Kāore e taea e te Whare Pōtae te ārai i te whakatinanatanga o te ture mēnā ka rere te tokomaha o ngā kaitōrangapū e tūmanakohia ana. Ko tētahi pire ka whakatakoto atu i ngā herenga anō ki a Iran mēnā kāore i whakaae ki ngā tikanga whakamutunga o tētahi kirimana; ko tētahi atu ka hoatu ki te Rōpū Kaunihera te mana ki te whakakore i tētahi kirimana e whakaritea ana e te peka whakahaere ki te whenua. Ko te tari Obama me ona hoa o te ao inaianei tae noa ki te Poutu-te-rangi 24 ki te whakarite i te anga mo te kirimana ka mahi te Whare-whakawa. Ko nga amuamu a te Kaunihera he 'baloney' i kii te kaikorero o te Whare Maama i te Mane. 'Kāore e taea e mātou te whai i tētahi āhuatanga e whai ana koe i ngā tāngata i te nohoanga o muri o te Kaunihera e whakahaere ana,' i mea ia.