Left: Senators Lieberman and Dodd
Reid addresses the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) Policy ConferenceJTA
Senate leaders promised a vote on Iran sanctions legislation as early as next month.
The legislation "would impose new sanctions on Iran's refined petroleum sector and tighten existing U.S. sanctions in an effort to create new pressure on the Iranian regime and help stop Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon," U.S. Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.), the Senate majority leader, said Thursday during a news conference with Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), the chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, and Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.), who originally sponsored the legislation. "I want everyone to know that I am committed to getting this legislation to the floor sometime after we return in January," Ried added.
.....The U.S. House of Representatives passed similar legislation earlier this month. Full story
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