Senior Democrats in the US House of Representatives have united against a Republican push to pass multiple Iran sanctions bills being spearheaded by Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, according to a report.
Republicans are pushing for legislation that would impose new sanctions on Iran over allegations of human rights violations. Two other bills would ban the purchase of Iranian “heavy water” and block the country’s access to US financial systems, the Foreign Policy magazine reported on Tuesday.
Democrats, including longtime hawks on Iran, have mounted a resistance effort to thwart the measures before the summer recess.
The effort is being led by Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, ranking member of the Foreign Affairs Committee Eliot Engel, Appropriations Committee ranking member Nita Lowey, and other senior lawmakers.
In a letter to McCarthy obtained by Foreign Policy, the Democratic opponents accused the majority leader of circumventing the minority by…