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Barack Obama: The Iran Sanctions Enabling Act, which Senator Brownback and I introduced last May would allow state and local…

On the recordOctober 5, 2009
The Iran Sanctions Enabling Act, which Senator Brownback and I introduced last May would allow state and local government pension funds to divest from companies that do more than $20 million in business with the Iranian energy sector.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Obama discusses a legislative act aimed at sanctioning Iran.

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