Knocked from below

The House of Representatives of the US Congress voted for the draft law on sanctions against Russia, Iran and the DPRK, reports Reuters. The document was supported by 419 congressmen, three Republicans voted against.

The sanctions introduced earlier by the Presidential decisions acquire the status of the law. Thus, any weakening of sanctions will require the approval of the congress.

About half of the document is devoted to Russia. The bill emphasizes that its essence is to intensify the actions "in response to a crisis in eastern Ukraine, cyber attacks, as well as human rights violations in Russia."

In the bill, originally dedicated to sanctions against Iran, at the last moment the section on restrictive measures against North Korea was included.

Now the document will be transferred to the Senate. After approval, President Donald Trump will have to sign him the upper house. The press secretary of the White House Sarah Sanders has already stated that he agreed with his main provisions. "The president supports strict sanctions against North Korea, Iran and Russia. The White House is studying the bill adopted by the House of Representatives, and is also waiting for his final option on the president’s table," Sanders said.

On July 22, the House of Representatives said that the new version of the document was agreed with the Senate and will also receive full support there . Meanwhile, later the Chairman of the Committee on International Relations of the Senate Republican Bob Corker later called the "several premature" messages about this. “There are still some procedural issues that we are discussing, but, you know, I think we have done a very, very good job, but we still have something to talk about, in particular, relative to North Korea,” said Corker.

In the version of the text of the draft law on sanctions against Russia and Iran, published on July 22, there were no references to measures against the DPRK. However, a number of congressmen insisted that they should also be included in the document.

The initial version of the document was adopted by the Senate on June 14 . 97 members of the upper house were supported by his support; Against - only Republicans Mike Lee and Rand Paul.

After that, the draft law was transferred to the House of Representatives, however, on June 19 , the vote was postponed there and sent the document for consideration to the Foreign Committee. Repeatedly to the lower ward the bill was introduced on July 12 .