Warlord
05-18-2013, 12:11 PM
First he wants to arm Syrian terrorists now he's he wants to pass laws threatening Iran with military action:
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Royce has announced a vote Tuesday on his bipartisan Nuclear Iran Prevention Act, which he introduced in February along with ranking member Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.). The bill targeting significant commercial trade with Iran beyond the current oil sanctions now has 325 cosponsors.
Menendez meanwhile is working on his own legislation, which he is expected to introduce shortly. He offered a preview of what his bill would do during Wednesday's hearing when he said the United States needs to “double down" on four fronts: hitting the country's energy exports harder, creating new industry sanctions, getting the international community on board with tougher sanctions; and ramping up the military threat if Iran won't comply with international demands.
The State Department's Number 3 official, Under-Secretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman, appeared more amenable to Congress's position when she testified before both chambers Wednesday.
“Many of the things that you're looking at, are things that we support as well, and we are having ongoing, I think, staff-to-staff consultations in that regard,” she told the Senate panel. “We're looking at additional executive orders. We're looking at our military posture, and making sure that we continue to send signals. We're looking at our actions in Syria, which is very crucial to Iran's position in the world, and how we can bring that violence to an end, and help the opposition get the future they want in Syria. So there are many vectors to this approach.”
http://thehill.com/blogs/global-affairs/middle-east-north-africa/300537-congress-defies-white-house-with-new-round-of-iran-sanctions
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Royce has announced a vote Tuesday on his bipartisan Nuclear Iran Prevention Act, which he introduced in February along with ranking member Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.). The bill targeting significant commercial trade with Iran beyond the current oil sanctions now has 325 cosponsors.
Menendez meanwhile is working on his own legislation, which he is expected to introduce shortly. He offered a preview of what his bill would do during Wednesday's hearing when he said the United States needs to “double down" on four fronts: hitting the country's energy exports harder, creating new industry sanctions, getting the international community on board with tougher sanctions; and ramping up the military threat if Iran won't comply with international demands.
The State Department's Number 3 official, Under-Secretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman, appeared more amenable to Congress's position when she testified before both chambers Wednesday.
“Many of the things that you're looking at, are things that we support as well, and we are having ongoing, I think, staff-to-staff consultations in that regard,” she told the Senate panel. “We're looking at additional executive orders. We're looking at our military posture, and making sure that we continue to send signals. We're looking at our actions in Syria, which is very crucial to Iran's position in the world, and how we can bring that violence to an end, and help the opposition get the future they want in Syria. So there are many vectors to this approach.”
http://thehill.com/blogs/global-affairs/middle-east-north-africa/300537-congress-defies-white-house-with-new-round-of-iran-sanctions