House Passes New Iran Sanctions Bill
Bill Allows State, Local Govts to Abandon Deals With Firms Linked to Iran
In its latest attempt to ramp up sanctions against the Iranian government, the House of Representatives voted 414-6 today to grant legal protection to state and local governments if they decide to abandon deals with firms which have ties to Iran’s energy industry.
Rep. Kirk, one of the bill’s major authors, says “this legislation gives a strong ‘go signal’ to state and local leaders around America to get out of Iran.” The move comes despite ongoing negotiations with the Iranian government.
The bill was overwhelmingly approved by officials citing Iran’s civilian nuclear program as a “grave threat.” The six dissenting votes included the usual opponents of such measures, Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) and Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) as well as Reps. Flake (R-AZ), Jones (R-NC), McDermott (D-WA) and Hinchey (D-NY). Rep. Kucinich cautioned that the bill might harm the Geneva talks.
The Senate is considering a similar bill, and several members of the Banking Committee have expressed support for a flurry of new sanctions in recent weeks, despite the apparent progress being made in the talks.
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Nelson_2008
October 15th, 2009 at 12:43 pm
AIPAC knows who's naughty and who's nice, and "Rep. Kirk" et al. just earned some nice brownie points!
hacklheber
October 15th, 2009 at 7:14 pm
Um. Ok. So this is a way of forcing private companies – indirectly – to abandon deals with Iran's "energy sector" (how many degress of separation count? what if they are building windmills?). That regime change had better work with a US puppet in power because once the US gets out of its funk, it will notice that all the spots will have been taken by Russian, Chinese and (if they manage to get the head out of the Sarkozy) European companies. Nice doing.
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October 15th, 2009 at 12:13 pm
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Nelson_2008
October 16th, 2009 at 4:31 am
You seem to speak as if our rulers were well-intended but misguided; deserving to be taken at face value.
You use the terms "we" and "our" as if Joe and Jill Sixpack really were honestly "represented" by such low-life scum as that which presently inhabit Washington DC.
Well I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but frankly speaking, there is no more "American government", in any meaningful sense; rather, what we have is a cabal of traitorous Zio-criminals acting in their capacity as puppet rulers.
No, "we" don't have any "disagreements" with the Iranian government; it is the criminal cabal that rules here that has all the "disagreements" with Israel's perceived "enemies" in the Mideast.
And lastly, how, btw, would it be an actual "American interest" to interfere in domestic Iranian politics?