"We must take a stronger stance in deterring Iran and holding its regime accountable for its actions and addressing Russia's years-long pattern of provocations", said Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, in a statement.
The measure also included language toughening sanctions against Russian Federation in the wake of their accused efforts to influence the outcome of the 2016 election, converting some of the penalties put in place by former President Barack Obama's administration into law, and forbidding Trump from weakening existing Russian Federation sanctions without first seeking Senate approval.
The expanded sanctions on Iran were in response to its ballistic missile development, and its support for terrorist groups like Hezbollah and the Houthi rebels in Yemen.
But administration officials have appeared more cautious about stifling the Kremlin with tough rhetoric and sanctions. So the White House would have to reject stricter punishments against Iran, which it favors, in order to derail the parts of the legislation it objects to. Essentially, Judy, what the Senate is saying here is, we think Congress should set Russian Federation policy now, not the president.
The amendment would also give Congress the authority to block any White House attempt to relax sanctions against Russian Federation.
But if the Senate's vote is any guide, congressional support for the measure will probably be veto-proof. "Pretty good rate of return".
Sanders said he voted against the larger bill because he said sanctioning Iran could harm the Iranian nuclear deal. Bob Corker (R-TN), the Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, who noted that in many ways it was developed "under the radar" because it was bipartisan in nature. But lawmakers attached a bipartisan amendment on Russian Federation to it early this week. Rouhani is a political moderate who defeated a hard-line opponent.
It also applies terrorism-related sanctions to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, and re-enforces aspects of the arms embargo on Iran. As an example, Tillerson said talks with Moscow on stabilizing war-ravaged Syria are progressing, but it's too early to tell if the discussions will bear fruit.
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Yet Trump hasn't sought to rebuke Moscow.
The legislation also allows new penalties on key elements of the Russian Federation economy, including mining, metals, shipping and railways.
Also, this would target individuals working in defense or intelligence, individual Russians.
It will now be taken up by the House of Representatives before it goes to Trump to be signed into law.
Support for additional economic penalties has been building after USA intelligence officials said Russia directly attempted to interfere in last year's race for the White House, saying the "influence campaign" was supported by top Russian leadership, namely, Putin.
"This bill will impose sanctions on Iran for its non-nuclear violations", Cardin said. The two dissenting votes were Sen.
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