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Lawmakers Approve Bill to Target Bank Consortium, Broaden CISADA

By Brian Monroe

The Senate's banking committee Thursday approved sanctions aimed at Iranian officials, including provisions asking the world's largest interbank messaging consortium to shut out Iran's central bank. The mark-up proceedings, led by committee heads Sens. Tim Johnson (D-SD) and Richard Shelby (R-AL), added 11 amendments to the measure, which is a scaled-down version of the Senate's Iran, Syria, North Korea Sanctions Consolidation Act. With Thursday's approval, the legislation will advance to a vote on the Senate floor. The legislation, which does not have an official companion bill in the House of Representatives, has strong bipartisan support in the Senate, according to...

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