US SENATE JOINS HOUSE: PASSES GASOLINE SANCTIONS ON IRAN

IT'S A GOOD START:

Legislation granting President Barack Obama additional powers to place unilateral sanctions on companies that help supply Iran with gasoline passed the Senate with unanimous support last week as the US seeks to rein in Iran’s nuclear ambitions.

The vote was a rare moment of bipartisanship for the Senate and increases pressure on the Obama administration as it pursues the goal of broader sanctions against Tehran through the United Nations Security Council. A similar bill passed the House of Representatives in December and compromise language between the two chambers could be reached within weeks.

AND THIS:

Iran has condemned the US Senate for approving gasoline import sanctions against the Middle Eastern country, saying it follows Washington’s traditional line of ineffective policy-making.

“We have repeatedly announced that the sanctions the US has imposed against our people over the past 31 years…have had no result but solidifying the resolve and intention of our nation to seek independence and self-sufficiency and attain highest levels of sophisticated technology,” said Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast.

“We have always announced that the war-mongering and military build-up policies of the unilateralist countries under the pretext of solving regional crisis are wrong as their failure has repeatedly been emphasized,” Ramin said.

Iran’s criticism came after the US Senate voted to strengthen existing sanctions against Iran and impose new ones which target its gasoline supplies as part of Washington’s effort to dissuade Tehran from pursuing nuclear weapons and cracking down on internal dissent.

“We have all watched the Iranian regime oppress its own people on the streets of Iran and continue to defy the international community on nuclear issues,” said Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (Nev.). “That is why it is so important that we move this legislation forward quickly.”

I THINK OBAMA COULD SIGN THIS INTO LAW BY NEXT FRIDAY - IF HE REALLY WANTED TO.

OBAMA SHOULD/COULD IMPLORE THEM TO GET A JOINT BILL PASSED ON ON HIS DESK NEXT WEEK.

WILL HE SAY SO PUBLICLY, OR WOULD WILL HE CONTINUE TO APPEASE IRAN?

STAY TUNED....