| From the Iran Nuclear Watch blogspot: According to the House leadership, this resolution is going to "pass like a hot knife through butter" before the end of June on what is called suspension - meaning no amendments can be introduced during the 20-minute maximum debate. It also means it is assumed the bill will pass by a 2/3 majority and is non-controversial. As of June 18, the bill already has 169 co-sponsors. If and when the bill is voted on suspension, there will be a roll call vote and AIPAC will use how member's voted on the resolution in the lead up to the elections. |
I hope that this election isn't going to distract us from those who have been trying start yet another useless war. We cannot afford to let this go unnoticed, please at least send a note to your representative.
Update (h/t Steve M)
Here is a list list of cosponsors of the bill. There are too many Dems to count, which to some is the sign of a tragic sellout, while to me it sorta makes me wonder if the bill is actually that bad. I'll quote the tail end of the resolution so people can make up their own minds.
Whereas nothing in this resolution shall be construed as an authorization of the use of force against Iran: Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That Congress-- (1) declares that preventing Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapons capability, through all appropriate economic, political, and diplomatic means, is vital to the national security interests of the United States and must be dealt with urgently; (2) urges the President, in the strongest of terms, to immediately use his existing authority to impose sanctions on-- (A) the Central Bank of Iran and any other Iranian bank engaged in proliferation activities or the support of terrorist groups; (B) international banks which continue to conduct financial transactions with proscribed Iranian banks; (C) energy companies that have invested $20,000,000 or more in the Iranian petroleum or natural gas sector in any given year since the enactment of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996; and (D) all companies which continue to do business with Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps; (3) demands that the President initiate an international effort to immediately and dramatically increase the economic, political, and diplomatic pressure on Iran to verifiably suspend its nuclear enrichment activities by, inter alia, prohibiting the export to Iran of all refined petroleum products; imposing stringent inspection requirements on all persons, vehicles, ships, planes, trains, and cargo entering or departing Iran; and prohibiting the international movement of all Iranian officials not involved in negotiating the suspension of Iran's nuclear program; and (4) urges the President to lead a sustained, serious, and forceful effort at regional diplomacy to support the legitimate governments in the region against Iranian efforts to destabilize them, to reassure our friends and allies that the United States supports them in their resistance to Iranian efforts at hegemony, and to make clear to the Government of Iran that the United States will protect America's vital national security interests in the Middle East."Another problem we have...is that in election years we behave somewhat as primitive peoples do at the time of the full moon." --Harry Truman by Steve M
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