Conservative House Republicans forced an abrupt about-face from party leaders Wednesday as a rule to debate a resolution disapproving the Iran nuclear deal was scrapped in favor of an approach involving votes on three related measures.<br />The first measure specifies that the Obama administration had not properly submitted the accord to Congress.<br />The second is a bound-to-fail vote to approve the deal, and a third would prevent Obama from lifting congressionally mandated sanctions on Iran.<br />Debate and votes were to begin Thursday.<br />"We need to pull every tool out of the toolbox to stop this bad deal," said Rep. Bill Flores, R-Texas.<br />The rebels were egged on by Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, who has repeatedly allied himself with House conservatives to thwart the plans of GOP leaders.
