James C. Moylan

The Islamic Republic jails, tortures and kills people for what they say and believe, and arms others to do the same abroad. Votes for sanctions and pressure on it, against any deal that keeps it alive, and against pulling American forces out of the fight count on liberty's side. Weight: 3.

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  Voted Yea: Ogles amendment to H.R. 4665: no funds to take the IRGC off the terrorist list

  Amendment to the 2024 State Department spending bill that bars any money from being used to remove the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps from the list of foreign terrorist organizations. It locks in the terrorist designation of the regime's main armed force.

  28 September 2023 · the official record

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Free people stand with people who are paying to be free: sanctions on those who kill protesters, an open internet when the regime cuts it, protection for persecuted minorities such as the Baha'is, and Congress on record on the people's side. Weight: 2.

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Iran's future is for Iranians to choose in a free vote, under a law that takes no side on religion. Backing that transition counts on liberty's side, and so does meeting or backing Prince Reza Pahlavi, who proposes exactly that. Deciding for Iranians in advance counts against: signing the resolutions that back the MEK's plan, ties to the MEK (an exile group that fought beside Saddam Hussein against Iran), or saying Iranians have already rejected a choice they were never allowed to vote on. Weight here: 1.3 of 2, by the share of chances taken.

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  Cosponsored: Expressing support for the Iranian people's desires for a democratic, secular, and nonnuclear Republic of Iran

  Condemns the regime's terrorism and repression and cites support for the ten-point plan of Maryam Rajavi of the MEK-linked National Council of Resistance of Iran. It says Iranian protesters 'rejected monarchical dictatorship' as well as the ruling theocracy. The text backs the ten-point plan of Maryam Rajavi, who leads the political arm of the MEK, and says Iranians have rejected the monarchy. That decides for Iranians, in advance and in one exile group's favour, what they may choose once the regime is gone. So signing it counts against letting Iranians choose, as a tie to the MEK.

  26 February 2025 · the official record

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  Cosponsored: Condemning the Iranian regime's terrorism, regional proxy war, internal suppression

  Condemns the regime's terrorism and proxy wars, cites the ten-point plan of Maryam Rajavi, and says Iranians are rejecting both 'monarchic dictatorship and religious tyranny'. The text backs the ten-point plan of Maryam Rajavi, who leads the political arm of the MEK, and says Iranians have rejected the monarchy. That decides for Iranians, in advance and in one exile group's favour, what they may choose once the regime is gone. So signing it counts against letting Iranians choose, as a tie to the MEK.

  15 April 2024 · the official record

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  Did not sign 1 other MEK-backed resolution put before them while in office. Not signing is not a deed, so it counts for neither side; it makes the ties weigh less.

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