The House of Representatives is scheduled on April 15 to vote on its first batch of legislation in response to Iran’s unprecedented attack on Israel over the weekend.
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) said on April 13 that the House “will move from its previously announced legislative schedule … to instead consider legislation that supports our ally Israel and holds Iran and its terrorist proxies accountable.”
The No U.S. Financing for Iran Act of 2023 would “prohibit the secretary of the Treasury from authorizing certain transactions by a United States financial institution in connection with Iran, to prevent the International Monetary Fund from providing financial assistance to Iran, to codify prohibitions on Export-Import Bank financing for the Government of Iran, and for other purposes.”…