Dem Senate Candidate Votes Against Bill Prohibiting ‘Ransom Payments’ to Iran
BY: Morgan Chalfant
September 23, 2016 4:40 pm
A Democratic congresswoman running to represent Illinois in the Senate voted against a bill that would prohibit the federal government from sending cash to Iran in an effort to prevent future “ransom payments.”
The House overwhelmingly passed the Prohibiting Future Ransom Payments to Iran Act on Thursday evening, as the Obama administration has faced increasing criticism for secretly sending $1.7 billion in U.S. taxpayer dollars to Tehran in what many say amounted to a payment of ransom.
Rep. Tammy Duckworth (D., Ill.), who is running to unseat Republican Illinois Sen. Mark Kirk this November, voted against the bill, which would prohibit the U.S. government from making cash payments to the Iranian government until the president certifies that Iran is not a primary money laundering concern or a state sponsor of terrorism.
http://freebeacon.com/politics/duckworth-votes-against-bill-prohibiting-cash-payments-iran-illinois-senate/
