The legislation was previously introduced by Rep. Mark Meadows (pictured). House plans Hezbollah sanctions vote

The House will vote on legislation this week to toughen sanctions against Hezbollah — a move designed to appease conservative lawmakers who’ve been prevented from amending an upcoming Iran bill.

Members of the House Freedom Caucus wanted to offer a series of changes to a measure giving Congress the authority to review and potentially reject any nuclear nonproliferation deal with Iran. But GOP leaders decided to bar any amendments to the Iran bill because they could have unraveled the bipartisan coalition supporting the measure.


A GOP leadership aide said that instead of voting on the amendments, the House will vote on a bill passed by the last Congress giving the Treasury Department 90 days to toughen sanctions against any U.S. financial institution that aids the terrorist group Hezbollah or its media arm.

The legislation was previously introduced by Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.), a founding member of the Freedom Caucus.

But conservative members are unlikely to be appeased by the Hezbollah vote. They are still aggressively pushing GOP leaders to allow amendments on the Iran bill, which will likely be considered under suspension of the rules — a procedural move that limits debate and amendments.