DON’T DO STUPID SH*T: Senate votes down Iran amendment to energy spending bill.

Wednesday’s vote was the fourth time the Senate considered — directly or with the spending bill as a proxy — the Iran amendment. The measure, from Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) would block the United States from buying from Iranian heavy water, a component used in nuclear reactors.

Under the terms of the nuclear deal, Iran is required to reduce its stock of the fuel. The U.S. said last month it would spend about $8 million to purchase heavy water from Tehran.

Cotton and other Republicans have said the United States shouldn’t make those purchases, equating them to subsidizing Iran’s nuclear program. Cotton introduced an amendment to the energy and water bill saying so.

Democrats balked, however, saying the amendment would earn the bill a veto from President Obama.

It would also have kept Obama’s Iran Deal lies in the news.