Dec 3, 2013 ... Paul Ryan, R-Wis., in the 2012 vice presidential debate: "This administration has  no credibility on this issue (Iran). It's because this administration watered down  sanctions, delayed sanctions, tried to stop us from putting the tough sanctions in  place. Now we have them in place because of Congress.".
Jun 21, 2017 ... The Trump administration is quietly lobbying House Republicans to weaken the  legislation passed overwhelmingly by the Senate. ... tough new sanctions on  Russia for its meddling in the 2016 election and allow Congress to block any  future move by President Trump to lift any penalties against Moscow.
May 15, 2014 ... She portrayed the multi-year effort to impose several increasingly tough  sanctions measures against Iran as largely led by the administration. “With the  help of Congress, the Obama administration imposed some of the most stringent  crippling sanctions on top of the international ones… our goal was to put ...
Jun 20, 2017 ... But the holdup comes amid a push by the Trump administration to delay or water  down the sanctions bill, which was passed in response to Russia's ... calling the  roadblock “nothing but a delay tactic” and said “anything short of an up-or-down  vote on this tough sanctions package is an attempt to let Russia ...
Jun 23, 2017 ... But as much as Trump supports more sanctions on Iran, he opposes them on  Russia. In this, Trump is the mirror image of the Obama administration, which  supported Russia sanctions after the collapse of its comical “reset” effort but  fought tooth and nail against efforts to isolate Tehran. While détente with ...
Says the Obama administration "watered down sanctions" against Iran, delayed them and tried to stop Congress "from putting the tough sanctions in place."