The U.S. Senate voted unanimously Thursday on a measure that would reimpose sanctions on Iran if it was found that they were not holding their end of a nuclear deal with the United States government.
In a 100 to 0 vote on Senate Amendment 545 Thursday, the upper chamber voted “To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to reimposing waived sanctions and imposing new sanctions against Iran for violations of the Joint Plan of Action or a comprehensive nuclear agreement.”
The bill was co-authored by Sens. Mark Kirk, R-Ill. and Bob Menendez, D-N.J. It was sponsored by Kirk and Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio.
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“By passing the bipartisan Kirk-Brown amendment to impose sanctions on Iran, the Senate voted for the security of the United States and Israel and against making dangerous nuclear concessions to Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei,” Kirk said in a statement Thursday.
This comes after Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei addressed a domestic crowd chanting, “death to America,” to which he responded, “Of course yes, death to America, because America, because America is the original source of this pressure.”
The Washington Free Beacon noted Thursday framework for a nuclear agreement between Iran and the United States could be finalized in the coming days, with the Obama administration “giving in to Iranian demands.”
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The language contained in the amendment was attached to the Senate budget resolution, which passed late Friday morning 52 to 46, reported The New York Times. After the House passed its own budget plan earlier this week, it is up to both sides to pass a budget plan together, the first time in nearly a decade.
h/t: The Gateway Pundit
