City Dems Urge Blumenthal To Back Iran Deal | New Haven Independent:
So far two face-to-face meetings haven’t swayed the senator, so New Haven Democrats Monday tried a last-minute letter.
The local Democrats have been trying to convince the U.S. senator, Richard Blumenthal, to support thepending deal with Iran to seek to limit its production of nuclear weapons.
Forty of the local Democrats—including most members of the Democratic Town Committee (DTC) as well as Town Chair Vincent Mauro Jr.—signed a letter to that effect. They released the letter Monday.
Click here to read the full letter.
Democrat Blumenthal is one of the remaining hold-outs on the Iran deal. The matter is expected to come before Congress this week, when Republican-led opponents seek to pass a resolution rejecting the deal, in which case President Barack Obama is expected to veto the resolution. Enough senators have come out in support of the deal to lead to predictions that the veto would not be overriden.
“This is a pivotal moment in world peace, in whether we choose diplomacy over war,” the DTC letter stated.
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