Posts Tagged: Congress Iran sanctions
Report: Former Obama Officials Working to Hinder New Iran Sanctions
Top officials from the Obama administration are working to stymie congressional pressure on Iran, including through a quiet push in Congress by an organization that...
How to Lay the Groundwork for Dismantling the Iran Nuclear Deal
Congress is now debating the Vienna agreement on Iran's nuclear-weapons program, but we already know the outcome. A bipartisan House majority has or will shortly...
New App Lets Users Demand Halt to Iranian Funding With One Click
JNS.org - A new mobile app from the Shurat HaDin - Israel Law Center allows users to reach out to members of the U.S. Congress via...
Senate to Hold Test Vote on Bill Allowing Congress Review of Iran Nuclear Deal
Fox News - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell set a test vote for Thursday on stalled bipartisan legislation to let Congress review and possibly reject...
World Powers Discuss Resolution to Lift UN Sanctions on Iran, Officials Say
Reuters - Major world powers have begun talks about a United Nations Security Council resolution to lift UN sanctions on Iran if a nuclear agreement is struck...
Senate GOP Insists on Iran Sanctions Vote
Politico - Senate Republicans are demanding a vote on new Iran sanctions as part of an unrelated bill. Still miffed that they didn't get an Iran...
Closed-Door Deals May Undermine Iran Sanctions Effort
JNS.org - Following a slow start mobilizing support to block bipartisan efforts in the Senate and House to place additional sanctions on Iran,...
Hillary Clinton Backs Obama on Delaying Iran Sanctions
JNS.org - Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged Congress not to pass more Iran sanctions that may interfere with current negotiations between the P5+1...
Dovish Jewish Organizations, Others Team Up to Fight Iran Sanctions
JTA - A loose coalition of advocacy groups and policy experts, including a pair of dovish Jewish organizations, has been coordinating messaging in support of...
With Progress Stalled, Congress Considers Weaker Measure on Iran
Reuters - An attempt to impose new sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program has stalled in the U.S. Congress and lawmakers are discussing whether to...
In Defense of the Nuclear Weapon Free Iran Act
Ryan Cooper is not especially concerned with logic. On Tuesday, he wrote a scathing article in The New Republic "Žsingling out New Jersey Democratic Senator Cory Booker, accusing...
Obama Meets With Senate Democrats to Discuss Iran Sanctions
Politico - President Barack Obama hosted Senate Democrats at White House on Wednesday in an effort to synchronize legislative and political strategies — and talk...
Debbie Wasserman Schultz Criticized Over Alleged Secret Lobbying Against Iran Sanctions
JNS.org - U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), has been forced to defend herself after a report...
Obama Asks Congress to Back Down on Iran Sanctions
The Guardian - Iran will begin eliminating its stockpile of highly enriched uranium in eight days' time, after negotiators in Geneva reached an agreement on how...
