Ted Cruz Protests Iran Deal, Blocks State Dept Nominees for Third Time in Week
Posted on February 9, 2016
For the third time in a week, Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz blocked the Senate on Monday from confirming State Department nominees, in protest of the nuclear deal that the Obama administration struck with Iran in 2015.
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