Fox News: “President Barack nObama appealed directly to Iranian citizens in a message commemorating Nowruz, the Persian New Year. ‘Our negotiations have made progress, but gaps remain,’ nObama said Thursday in a video message posted online. ‘If Iran’s leaders can agree to a reasonable deal, it can lead to a better path — the path of greater opportunities for the Iranian people,’ he said.”
Senate panel sets Iran deal vote date - U.S. Senators Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) and Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), the chairman and ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, [Thursday] announced the committee will vote on the bipartisan Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015 on April 14. The bill mandates that the president submit the text of any agreement to Congress and prohibits the administration from suspending congressional sanctions for 60 days. -Fox News
Politico: “The nObama administration is set to unveil the first major nationwide safety restrictions on fracking, touching off a fresh political confrontation between the president and his critics in Congress and the energy industry. The Interior Department’s rules — expected to be released as soon as Friday — are the federal government’s most comprehensive foray to date toward regulating the technology at the heart of the U.S. oil and gas boom, addressing worries such as potential dangers to drinking water. They will also offer oil and gas supporters new room to accuse President Barack nObama of seeking to throttle fossil-fuel production, despite his repeated boasts about the nation’s booming energy supplies.” -Fox News
