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Winning. The Trump Effect.
Congress unanimously voted on Thursday to level new sanctions on Iran, sending a clear message that lawmakers stand opposed to the Obama administration’s continued concessions to Tehran in the final months before it leaves office, according to comments provided to the Washington Free Beacon.
The Obama administration, including Secretary of State John Kerry, made a final push in recent weeks to convince lawmakers to abandon the new sanctions, but lawmakers remained firm on Thursday, voting 99-0 to approve the new sanctions. Even Democrats who have supported the White House’s diplomacy voted in favor of the sanctions.
“President Obama should immediately sign into law the Iran Sanctions Extension Act,” Sen. Mark Kirk (R., Ill.), a key architect of the sanctions.“Since the fatally-flawed nuclear deal, the outgoing administration has done so appallingly little to push back against the growing dangers of Iran’s terrorism financing, missile proliferation, support for the Assad regime, and human rights abuses.”
“Renewal of the expiring Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 is an important first step in strengthening the safety and security of the United States and our allies, including Israel, against Iran’s grave threats,” Kirk said.
“The Obama administration is scrambling to keep the deal from collapsing in the final weeks before Trump gets inaugurated, so they can blame the collapse on him later,” the source said. “That’s why you’re seeing all this activity to transfer airplanes, negotiate more billion dollar transfers, jam up Congress, and so on.” Kirk, in a statement on the Senate floor just ahead of the sanctions vote, took aim at Iran’s continued violent behavior.
The White House worked fiercely to stop the new sanctions from coming to a vote, according to sources familiar with the situation. However, the administration could not stem a growing sense in Congress that Iran has continued to embrace terrorism and foster chaos in the region since the nuclear deal was inked.
http://freebeacon.com/national-secu...-iran-sanctions-ignoring-obama-admin-threats/
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**** you Obama
Congress unanimously voted on Thursday to level new sanctions on Iran, sending a clear message that lawmakers stand opposed to the Obama administration’s continued concessions to Tehran in the final months before it leaves office, according to comments provided to the Washington Free Beacon.
The Obama administration, including Secretary of State John Kerry, made a final push in recent weeks to convince lawmakers to abandon the new sanctions, but lawmakers remained firm on Thursday, voting 99-0 to approve the new sanctions. Even Democrats who have supported the White House’s diplomacy voted in favor of the sanctions.
“President Obama should immediately sign into law the Iran Sanctions Extension Act,” Sen. Mark Kirk (R., Ill.), a key architect of the sanctions.“Since the fatally-flawed nuclear deal, the outgoing administration has done so appallingly little to push back against the growing dangers of Iran’s terrorism financing, missile proliferation, support for the Assad regime, and human rights abuses.”
“Renewal of the expiring Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 is an important first step in strengthening the safety and security of the United States and our allies, including Israel, against Iran’s grave threats,” Kirk said.
“The Obama administration is scrambling to keep the deal from collapsing in the final weeks before Trump gets inaugurated, so they can blame the collapse on him later,” the source said. “That’s why you’re seeing all this activity to transfer airplanes, negotiate more billion dollar transfers, jam up Congress, and so on.” Kirk, in a statement on the Senate floor just ahead of the sanctions vote, took aim at Iran’s continued violent behavior.
The White House worked fiercely to stop the new sanctions from coming to a vote, according to sources familiar with the situation. However, the administration could not stem a growing sense in Congress that Iran has continued to embrace terrorism and foster chaos in the region since the nuclear deal was inked.
http://freebeacon.com/national-secu...-iran-sanctions-ignoring-obama-admin-threats/
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**** you Obama
