Congress Seeks Yet More Iran Sanctions
Congressmen Seek to Punish Companies Doing Business in Iran
Members of the House and Senate are today seeking to increase the level of unilateral American sanctions directed against Iran, insisting that companies that do business with the nation would be punished.
In a statement issued by Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D – NY), she declared that the new sanctions would “send a strong, clear signal” that Iran would have to abandon its nuclear program, or else it would “be denied the benefits of access to the global economy.”
The House of Representatives is also considering a bill that would revise the 1996 Iran Sanctions Act, requiring that the president investigate potential violations and submit a list of “known offenders” to Congress. The act threatens punishment to non-US companies doing business with Iran’s petroleum industry.
At least that is the theory. In practice the Obama Administration is lobbying hard for the so-called “China exemption,” which would exempt companies from China and other permanent members of the UN Security Council from the sanctions.
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MoT
March 9th, 2010 at 5:53 pm
So the K'ness…, errrr, Congress of the United States wants for sanctions? I keep forgetting who is in control.
AVietnamWarVet
March 9th, 2010 at 9:19 pm
The Zionist TRAITORS in the Congress want yet another war for Israel – the same Israel that offered (in the 1970's) medium range nuclear tipped missiles to Iran for oil; the same Israel that bombed / strafed the USS Liberty and MURDERED American sailors; the same Israel for which the Iraq war was fought – as America was LIED into that war by Zionist NeoCons like Wolfowtiz, Feith, Abrams, Perle, etc. And after the Zionists detroy America – what other nation will be so stupid to sacrifice its interests for Israel?