House overwhelmingly approves Iran sanctions bills after attack on Israel

The House of Representatives on Monday overwhelmingly approved three sanctions bills in the wake of an Iranian attack on Israel over the weekend.

The attack saw Iran launch hundreds of drones and missiles toward Israel in response to a suspected Israeli strike on its embassy in Damascus, Syria, that took out a senior official in the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC).

"In light of Iran's unjustified attack on Israel, the House will move from its previously announced legislative schedule next week to instead consider legislation that supports our ally Israel and holds Iran and its terrorist proxies accountable," said House Majority Leader Steve Scalise.

The lower chamber approved all three measures under suspension of the rules, a procedural mechanism requiring 2/3 support among lawmakers to speedily advance legislation.

Lawmakers approved H.R. 6408, a move to amend the Internal Revenue Code to "terminate the tax-exempt status of terrorist supporting organizations" in a 382-11 vote.

The second vote, saw the house approve H.R. 5923, the Iran-China Energy Sanctions Act, by a 383-11 margin. The third addressed H.R. 5921, the No U.S. Financing for Iran Act, which passed 294-105.

The lower chamber is expected to later vote on two more bills later in the evening, including H.R. 6245, the Holding Iranian Leaders Accountable Act and H.R. 6015, the Iran Sanctions Accountability Act.

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