Rep. Paul Ryan, the House speaker, scuttled a vote on Iran sanctions to punish tardy lawmakers.<br />Ryan’s closing of the vote Wednesday postpones consideration of the bill, backed by Republicans, until after the Martin Luther King Day congressional recess next week – and likely after the next stage of the Iran nuclear deal kicks in.<br />The bill passed, 191-106, but more than 130 lawmakers failed to vote, leading Ryan to reschedule.<br />US and Iranian officials say Iran within the next few days is likely to meet its nuclear rollback requirements under the deal, which would trigger a lifting of sanctions.<br />If that goes according to schedule, the next time the US House of Representatives considers the bill, many of the sanctions it seeks to keep in place will have been lifted.
