North Korea Sanctions Bill Headed Towards President’s Desk
Over at One Free Korea there is a post up that discusses some of the inside baseball involved with the passing of the North Korea sanctions bill that is set to hit the President’s desk. I found it interesting that Senator Rubio had such an interest in North Korea that he read the entire bill and left his own track changes comments. Even Senator Feinstein has come out in strong support of the bill:
By now, most of you know that the North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act, the Senate’s version of H.R. 757, passed the Senate unanimously Wednesday night. The House is expected to pass the Senate’s version this morning and send it to the President’s desk.
In an election year, when floor time is especially precious, it was remarkable and humbling that the Senate spent an entire day debating this bill. Senator after senator came to the floor to give supportive speeches. If you read only one of them, read the moving speech of Senator Diane Feinstein (D, CA) about human rights, but be warned — this is the stuff of nightmares, and not for children’s eyes.
The speeches should be available on video here within the next few days. [One Free Korea]
You can read the rest at the link, but the house approved the Senate’s bill with a vote of 408-2. It appears that how to deal with North Korea has more bipartisan support now then even how to deal with ISIS.
Not as many Muslims in North Korea as ISIS. CAIR would not be offended by sanctions against the Kim regime.
Yes, I know how that sounds. But show me where I’m wrong and I will apologize.
It’s easy to pass bills like this when you know they won’t have any real effect. No amount of legislation has stopped NK from obtaining/developing its nuclear weapons and missile systems so far. How is this any different? It’s just another round of the same old dance that has been playing for decades.
If the Treasury Department goes after North Korea’s money in the banks to include threatening Chinese banks with being banned from the international financial system, this is when you may see some changes in regime behavior because then the consequences begin to affect China. That is the only way that I see any modification in the behavior of the Kim regime.