The House drew attention Monday to the danger posed by shortcomings in U.S. military surplus sales, voting a second time to ban the Pentagon from selling leftover F-14 fighter jet parts sought by Iran.
The House first approved the proposal last month as an add-on to military funding legislation. It backed it again Monday on a voice vote, this time as a freestanding bill (HR1441).
The measure, nicknamed the "Stop Arming Iran Act," would be politically difficult for President Bush to veto. He has called Iran part of an "axis of evil" and accuses it of funding terrorism and trying to develop nuclear weapons.
The White House had no immediate comment on whether Bush supports the proposed ban, which is expected to win Senate approval. The new House vote came as Iran abruptly called off talks on its nuclear program with the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency.
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Do you have a bill number for this? Thanks.
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