Ted Cruz legislation would bar Biden from lifting Iran sanctions

 Washington Free Beacon:

Senate Republicans are moving to bar the Biden administration from lifting sanctions on Iran that will allow Russia and China to build out portions of Tehran's civilian nuclear program, according to a copy of legislation obtained exclusively by the Washington Free Beacon.

The bill, led by Sen. Ted Cruz (R., Texas) and cosponsored by 12 other Republicans, comes one day after the Free Beacon reported that Russia's state-controlled energy firm, Rosatom, is poised to cash in on a $10 billion contract to build out Iran's Bushehr nuclear plant. Moscow will be permitted to make good on the contract after the Biden administration waives sanctions prohibiting this work as part of the soon-to-be-announced nuclear agreement, which was primarily negotiated by Russia and China.

Cruz's bill would prohibit the Biden administration from waiving congressionally approved sanctions on this nuclear work. It also would reverse a February decision by the Biden administration to preemptively waive sanctions on Iran so that Russia and China can work on civilian nuclear projects inside the country. Senior congressional sources who spoke to the Free Beacon said that Cruz's bill has been in the works since these waivers were issued but that it took on added importance Wednesday following the Free Beacon‘s report.

"The Biden administration is dismantling sanctions and is aching to secure a new agreement with the Iranian regime that is even weaker than the original catastrophic Obama-Iran nuclear deal," Cruz told the Free Beacon. "The Biden administration is so committed to their deal that they are willing to make Iran a nuclear client for Putin, including work that amounts to a $10 billion subsidy for his war machine."
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It may take the 2022 mid-term election to get a veto-proof majority to stop Biden's insane Iran deal.  In fact, it should be an issue in both the House and Senate races in 2022.  

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