US House vote on Iran bill won't come before sanctions lifted
- 8 years ago
Rep. Paul Ryan, the House speaker, scuttled a vote on Iran sanctions to punish tardy lawmakers.
Ryan’s closing of the vote Wednesday postpones consideration of the bill, backed by Republicans, until after the Martin Luther King Day congressional recess next week – and likely after the next stage of the Iran nuclear deal kicks in.
The bill passed, 191-106, but more than 130 lawmakers failed to vote, leading Ryan to reschedule.
US and Iranian officials say Iran within the next few days is likely to meet its nuclear rollback requirements under the deal, which would trigger a lifting of sanctions.
If that goes according to schedule, the next time the US House of Representatives considers the bill, many of the sanctions it seeks to keep in place will have been lifted.
Ryan’s closing of the vote Wednesday postpones consideration of the bill, backed by Republicans, until after the Martin Luther King Day congressional recess next week – and likely after the next stage of the Iran nuclear deal kicks in.
The bill passed, 191-106, but more than 130 lawmakers failed to vote, leading Ryan to reschedule.
US and Iranian officials say Iran within the next few days is likely to meet its nuclear rollback requirements under the deal, which would trigger a lifting of sanctions.
If that goes according to schedule, the next time the US House of Representatives considers the bill, many of the sanctions it seeks to keep in place will have been lifted.