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House committee to vote on Hezbollah sanctions bill

JL;DR SUMMARY The House Foreign Affairs Committee is set to vote on a bill aimed at tightening sanctions against Hezbollah, a Lebanese terrorist organization known for past conflicts with Israel and attacks on Jewish targets globally. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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TerrorismHezbollahIranLegislationLebanonAipacUs CongressBipartisanSanctions

Places mentioned

California, United States
"Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) along with Ranking Democrat on Committee, Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY)."
New York, United States
"Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) along with Ranking Democrat on Committee, Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY)."
Florida, United States
"Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) introduced a companion anti-Hezbollah legislation in the Senate."
New Hampshire, United States
"Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) introduced a companion anti-Hezbollah legislation in the Senate."
Washington, Washington DC, United States
"WASHINGTON The House Foreign Affairs Committee announced that this coming Thursday it will vote on legislation that tightens sanctions against the Lebanese terrorist organization Hezbollah."
Lebanon
"on legislation that tightens sanctions against the Lebanese terrorist organization Hezbollah."
Iran
"Hezbollahs ability to fundraise and recruit by cracking down on foreign states that do business with the Lebanese terror group, including Iran, while increasing pressure on banks that service Hezbollah."
Israel
"In addition to fighting a bloody war with Israel in 2006, Hezbollah has repeatedly launched strikes at Jewish and Israeli civilian targets worldwide."

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