The House will hold a vote on the Russia, Iran and North Korea Sanctions Act on Tuesday, according to House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy.
“North Korea, Iran and Russia have in different ways all threatened their neighbors and actively sought to undermine American interests,” House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy and House Foreign Affairs Chairman Ed Royce said in a statement. “The bill the House will vote on next week will now exclusively focus on these nations and hold them accountable for their dangerous actions.”
The new legislation is identical to a Senate-approved bill but originated in the House, a requirement of all revenue-raising bills. On Thursday, House Democratic leaders introduced a bill that would impose sanctions on Russia.
McCarthy said he worked “for weeks” with House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer of Maryland, and the new legislation “ensures that both the majority and minority are able to exercise our oversight role over the administration’s implementation of sanctions.”
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Saturday urged the House and Senate to pass the Russia sanctions bill and see if President Trump would sign it considering his “inability” to deal with the foreign power.
“Given the many transgressions of Russia, and President Trump’s seeming inability to deal with them, a strong sanctions bill such as the one Democrats and Republicans have just agreed to is essential,” Schumer said in a statement. “I expect the House and Senate will act on this legislation promptly, on a broad bipartisan basis and send the bill to the President’s desk.”
Last month, the Senate overwhelmingly passed its version of the bill, indicating the new legislation has a good chance of passing and making it to Trump’s desk.
