More Sanctions On Iran? Congress Hot To Trot On Iran Sanctions -- The Cable/Foreign Policy

More Sanctions On Iran?
Congress Hot To Trot On Iran Sanctions -- The Cable/Foreign Policy

As the Obama administration pursues new multilateral Iran sanctions at the U.N., Congress is getting ready to move forward with its own sanctions bill, which the administration is still not happy with.

A senior Senate aide close to the process said the House and Senate will soon move to conference on resolving the two versions of the Iran sanctions legislation, one led by Rep. Howard Berman, D-CA, and the other sponsored by Chris Dodd, D-CT. The State Department had been negotiating with key senators over Dodd's bill, seeking an exemption for any countries they determine to be "cooperating" with the U.S. on the sanctions regime.
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More News On Iran Sanctions

Key U.N. Security Council nations hedging on calls to sanction Iran -- Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/04/AR2010030403775.html?hpid=moreheadlines

Iran predicts disunity over sanctions -- AFP
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iQ6MGup3eweYaKnwx9zVE2MlEtXA

Profiting From Iran, and the U.S. -- New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/03/06/world/iran-sanctions.html

US billions for Iran sanction-busting firms -- AFP
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gl4IzRUDSbG_y_LjwI_wdiEL6pFA

Firms get U.S. money despite Iran work - NY Times -- Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN0721916820100307?type=marketsNews

West drafts weakened Iran sanctions -- Jerusalem Post
http://www.jpost.com/IranianThreat/News/Article.aspx?id=170332

Q+A-Western draft proposal for new UN sanctions on Iran -- Reuters
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKN0611956520100307

On Iran Sanctions, Is the U.S. Spinning Its Wheels? -- Time Magazine
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1969786,00.html

A sober approach to sanctioning Iran -- David Ignatius, Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/05/AR2010030502970.html

China should not support more sanctions against Iran -- Han Dongping, China Daily
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/thinktank/2010-03/08/content_9552831.htm