Congress Denounces Iran's Ahmadinejad

[951-Riverside]

Source: Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Congress signaled its disapproval of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad with a vote Tuesday to tighten sanctions against his government and a call to designate his army a terrorist group.

The swift rebuke was a rare display of bipartisan cooperation in a Congress bitterly divided on the Iraq war. It reflected lawmakers' long-standing nervousness about Tehran's intentions in the region, particularly toward Israel - a sentiment fueled by the pro-Israeli lobby whose influence reaches across party lines in Congress.

"Iran faces a choice between a very big carrot and a very sharp stick," said Rep. Tom Lantos, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. "It is my hope that they will take the carrot. But today, we are putting the stick in place."

The House passed, by a 397-16 vote, a proposal by Lantos, D-Calif., aimed at blocking foreign investment in Iran, in particular its lucrative energy sector. The bill would specifically bar the president from waiving U.S. sanctions.

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[sinkingfeeling]

1. Who's going to tell Halliburton Iran's off limits?

[bemildred]

2. Send in the clowns, there ought to be clowns ... nt

[jaysunb]

9. don't bother...they're here...

:evilgrin:

[bemildred]

10. Hey man.

:hi:

[mike_c]

3. good lord, this would be funny if it wasn't so embarrassingly pathetic....

They're like a bunch of petulant children.

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[Teaser]

5. oh who cares

thanks for facing up to the important issues guys.

[Auggie]

6. Oooohhhh, that's hitting them where it hurts

Only a dozen or so other nations will be more than willing to fill in the gap.

Congress -- what a fucking pathetic group

[Rambis]

7. Oh great the police!

I feel like I am stuck in a fletch movie and I can't get out. WTF difference does it make? He is a leader of a foreign country that our VP wants to go to war with. Start doing something that makes a difference here in America for fuck sake! What about free speech here? What about the rule of law? What about torture? What a useless bunch-

[Megahurtz]

11. You Got That Right.

Idiots.

[THUNDER HANDS]

8. correct me if I'm wrong

but doesn't labeling the Iran army a terrorist group mean that if we went to war with them and captured their soldiers, even if they were in uniform, they wouldn't be treated as captured soldiers, but enemy combatants and therefore, not subject to the Geneava Conventions?

am I interpreting that right?

[badgervan]

13. Not Good....

.... it also gives the chimp an excuse to invade Iraq if any of these designated Iranians are caught, or if some "incident" should happen to occur involving them in or near Iraq. Not good.

[cosmicdot]

12. It's called the "Iran Counter-Proliferation Act of 2007"

http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2007/roll895.xml

325 co-sponsors

---- NAYS 16 ---

Abercrombie
Baldwin
Bartlett (MD)
Blumenauer
Conyers
Ellison
Flake
Gilchrest
Hinchey
Lee
McDermott
Miller, George
Moore (WI)
Olver
Paul
Stark

---- NOT VOTING 19 ---

Berry
Bishop (GA)
Carson
Cubin
Davis (IL)
Davis, Jo Ann
Delahunt
Herger
Jindal
Johnson (IL)
Johnson, E. B.
Kucinich
Lampson
Platts
Poe
Ross
Schmidt
Snyder
Tiahrt

link to bill's text

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