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News From Antiwar.com Original and up-to-date news Pompeo Joins House Republicans to Unveil Iran Sanctions Bill The bill would expand sanctions on Iran and block Biden from rejoining the nuclear deal Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with House Republicans in Washington on Wednesday to throw his support behind a piece of legislation that would expand sanctions on Iran and block President Biden from lifting sanctions that are already in place without congressional approval. The legislation, titled the Maximum Pressure Act, is named after the Trump administration’s “maximum pressu...

Paul Gigot interviews General Jack Keane. Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday joined with House Republicans in unveiling a bill to impose sanctions on the regime in Iran -- renewing a push for sanctions he led during the Trump administration. Pompeo joined Republicans on the Republican Study Committee led by Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., in unveiling the "Maximum Pressure Act," which would include measures that would require any new deal with the regime to be ratified by the Senate, as well as codifying into law the sanctions slapped on Iran during the Trump-era.  "America, our ally...

Congressional Republicans unveiled on Wednesday what they described as the largest package of Iran sanctions in history, a largely symbolic move meant to handicap the Biden administration's diplomacy with Tehran and send a message that GOP lawmakers will not roll over as crippling economic sanctions on the hardline regime are lifted.

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Print this article Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will return to the Capitol on Wednesday to help announce an Iranian sanctions bill. The Republican Study Committee, chaired by Republican Indiana Rep. Jim Banks, is revealing the Maximum Pressure Act. Pompeo, who was a Republican Kansas congressman before joining the Trump administration, is set to appear at a press conference about the bill with the House's largest conservative caucus on Wednesday. The move comes as high-level talks are underway in Vienna aimed at creating a plan for the United States to rejoin the 2015 Iran nuclear...