Senate Democrats on Thursday blocked a Republican effort to scuttle the Iran nuclear deal, delivering a major victory to the Obama administration. It has become clear in recent days that the White House can prevent Congress from immediately rejecting the deal, but the successful filibuster of the resolution of disapproval ensures that President Obama won’t have to rely on his veto pen to preserve a major piece of his foreign policy agenda. The vote on the procedural motion was 58 to 42 and 60 votes were needed to consider the resolution attacking the agreement. The debate over the highly controversial agreement struck this summer between Tehran, the United States and other world powers is not over with House Republicans promising […]