Tag: Eliot Engel

Lawmakers Express Outrage Over Missing Gitmo Transfer

Chris Deaton · July 8, 2016 5:13 pm

"I would hope that the administration would seem to lessen its objections to Congress coming out with new sanctions," Rep. Eliot Engel, D-N.Y., said. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Key House Dem calls for new Iranian sanctions

Nicole Duran · May 25, 2016 4:55 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin's annexation of Crimea recalls the Soviet occupation of Eastern European states during the Cold War and demands that the U.S. impose new sanctions, according to lawmakers. (Alexei Druzhinin/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

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GOP, Dems demand Cold War-era sanctions against Russia

Joel Gehrke · April 29, 2016 5:24 pm

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Top Dem: Iran’s naval seizure ‘endangers’ nuclear deal

Susan Ferrechio · January 12, 2016 10:52 pm

The bill to expand sanctions against North Korea, led by Kim Jong-Un easily passed. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)

House votes 418-2 to sanction North Korea over bomb test

Susan Ferrechio · January 12, 2016 10:11 pm

The measure was approved by voice vote, after both Democrats and Republicans spoke in favor of the bill. (AP Photo)

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House panel votes to arm Kurdish forces

Charles Hoskinson · December 9, 2015 7:02 pm

Foreign Affairs Chairman Ed Royce, R-Calif., left, and Foreign Affairs ranking member Eliot Engel, D-N.Y., stand next to a display of portraits of the victims of the Oct. 29 Camp Liberty attack. (Lynn Dykstra, Focused Images)

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State ‘twiddling its thumbs’ over Iranian dissidents, lawmakers say

Daniel Chaitin · November 6, 2015 6:44 pm

President Obama addressed Jewish groups Friday, dodging concerns that the campaign to defend his nuclear deal with Iran is flirting with anti-Semitic stereotypes.Â (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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Obama dodges Jewish leaders’ concerns over admin’s language

Charles Hoskinson · August 28, 2015 9:46 pm

Rep. Nita Lowey, D-N.Y., said she can't support the deal because it doesn't do enough to curb Iran's nuclear appetites. (AP Photo)Â

House Dems with a say on foreign policy oppose Obama’s Iran deal

Pete Kasperowicz · August 11, 2015 3:37 pm

President Obama stands right as Rep. Eliot Engel greets new Saudi Arabian King,Salman bin Abdul Aziz in a delegation receiving line in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015. (AP Photo)Â

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Concerns over an empowered Iran threatens nuclear deal

Charles Hoskinson · August 9, 2015 4:01 am

Rep. Brad Sherman (D-Calif.), center, and fellow Democratic members of Congress hold a news conference to voice their opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal at the U.S. Capitol June 10, 2015 in Washington, D.C. The congressional Republican leadership announced that the House will vote as early as Friday to approve the TPP and give President Barack Obama fast-track authority to negotiate a large-scale trade deal. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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Another Jewish Democrat ditches Iran deal

Daniel Chaitin · August 8, 2015 6:31 pm

Sen. Chuck Schumer speaks at a press conference on Capitol Hill, Tuesday. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Dems seek ban on iPhone cases that look like guns

Pete Kasperowicz · July 28, 2015 8:46 pm