WASHINGTON (AP) — The House is poised to pass legislation that seeks to punish North Korea for its latest nuclear test by expanding sanctions on Pyongyang.
Lawmakers are scheduled to vote Monday evening on a bill that proposes to deny North Korea the hard currency they say it needs for its weapons programs.
The North Korea Sanctions Enforcement Act is sponsored by Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA) of California, the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Royce’s committee approved the measure last year and it has strong bipartisan support.
North Korea announced last week that it had conducted a fourth nuclear test — this one detonating a thermonuclear device with huge destructive power. The announcement was greeted with doubt that North Korea had set off a hydrogen bomb, but lawmakers are pushing ahead.
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