Senators Robert Menendez (R) and Lindsey Graham speak to
reporters just after the Senate voted 99-0 Senators Robert
Menendez (R) and Lindsey Graham speak to reporters just after
the Senate voted 99-0 in favor if the sanction package. Photo by
AP Text size this story is by     The United States believes
Iran is enriching uranium to levels that could be used in
nuclear weapons. Tehran says its nuclear program is intended for
producing power and medical supplies. Iran is already under
sanctions by the United Nations, the United States and the
European Union over the program.  Republican and Democratic U.S.
lawmakers have both been pushing President Barack Obama's
administration to do more to crack down on Iran's nuclear
program.  A U.N. report showed on Wednesday that Iran was
pressing ahead with constructing a nuclear reactor that Western
experts say could offer it a second way of producing material
for a nuclear bomb if it decides to make one.  There is not yet
a companion Senate bill to the House measure, but