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A Congressional Rebuke
Posted by Raven on September 25th, 2007
Once in awhile Congress does the right thing. Most of them anyway.
WASHINGTON (AP) – Congress signaled its disapproval of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad with a vote Tuesday to tighten sanctions against his government and a call to designate his Revolutionary Guard a terrorist group.
The swift rebuke was a rare display of bipartisan cooperation in a Congress bitterly divided on the Iraq war. It reflected lawmakers’ long-standing nervousness about Tehran’s intentions in the region, particularly toward Israel – a sentiment fueled by the pro-Israeli lobby whose influence reaches across party lines in Congress.
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The House passed, by a 397-16 vote, a proposal by Lantos, D-Calif., aimed at blocking foreign investment in Iran, in particular its lucrative energy sector. The bill would specifically bar the president from waiving U.S. sanctions.Current law imposes sanctions against any foreign company that invests $20 million or more in Iran’s energy industry, although the U.S. has waived or ignored sanction laws in exchange for European support on nonproliferation issues.
In the Senate, Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., and Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., proposed a nonbinding resolution urging the State Department to label Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist organization.
…and who were the 16 who voted against this? I don’t have time to find out but as soon as I do, I’ll post that.
September 25th, 2007 at 7:34 pm
Interestingly, our nation’s first Islamic congressman from Minnesota, Keith Ellison, didn’t think that Ahmahackjob was worth rebuking.
September 26th, 2007 at 4:01 pm
Well now that does surprise anyone? Not me.
Damn effin Islamafreakazoids.
September 26th, 2007 at 5:53 pm
This has to be the stupidest thing Congress has done lately! Are you ready for $100 oil when sanctions are imposed against most of the multinational oil companies operating in the US? Are you ready to see how far the US$ will drop in the market when oil is forced to trade in Euros or Yuan because of Congressional stupidity? Get ready for a recession.