Republicans seek to censure Obama administration on $400 million "ransom" to Iran

Republicans have charged that the initial $400 million was nothing more than a “ransom” payment as it coincided with the release of the prisoners, including Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian. They say the new revelations about the administration’s interest payments are more of the same.

“What’s worse than a $400 million cash ransom to Iran? A $1.7 billion cash ransom to Iran,” House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-Calif.) said in a statement late Tuesday. “This cash bonanza has emboldened Iran’s radical regime, and undermined America’s national security.”

House GOP leaders are putting a new Iran measure from Royce to prevent such cash payments at the top of their to-do list during the four weeks they are back in session before the November election, with a vote expected in the full House this month.