House gives Lebanon a pass in Hezbollah sanctions bill
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House lawmakers stripped several critical references to Lebanon from Hezbollah sanctions legislation after hearing from concerned Lebanese bankers and government officials, Al-Monitor has learned.
The sanctions bill, whose substance was largely unchanged, sailed through the House Foreign Affairs Committee on a unanimous voice-vote on June 26 with strong support from the pro-Israel lobby American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC).
Chairman Ed Royce, R-Calif., however, offered a substitute that strips a series of nonbinding congressional “findings” from the bill that Lebanon warned could further destabilize the country, multiple sources told Al-Monitor.