Congress is rushing to block President Barack Obama's administration from allowing Boeing sales to Iran following Donald Trump’s election.
The House Rules Committee has made action on the legislation its very first priority when Congress returns from recess on Nov. 14. The full House could then vote on the bill from Rep. Bill Huizenga, R-Mich., as early as Nov. 16.
“The Obama administration's nuclear agreement with Iran … opened the door for the sale of American-made aircraft to the world's leading state sponsor of terror,” Huizenga, who chairs the committee’s trade panel, said in a statement ahead of a July hearing on the bills. “I am extremely concerned that by relaxing the rules, the Obama administration has allowed US companies to be complicit in weaponizing the Iranian regime."
The House is preparing to debate legislation that aims to block U.S. financing for Boeing Co.’s sale of $25 billion worth of planes to Iran, a key committee announced Thursday.
President Obama could veto the legislation if Congress sends it to him. But the bill represents the latest salvo from lawmakers opposed to the nuclear deal negotiated with Iran, which President-elect Donald Trump has criticized and said he would overturn.
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