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At the same time, the progressive J Street lobby is coming out strongly behind the Obama administration's approach on Israel and Iran, challenging AIPAC by calling on its supporters to contact members of Congress and urge them to oppose the Iran legislation AIPAC is championing. The Iran sanctions bills increases the president's ability to punish international companies that help Iran help Iran obtain refined petroleum. It was introduced Tuesday in the Senate by sponsors Evan Bayh (D-Indiana), John Kyl (R-Arizona) and Joe Lieberman (I-Connecticut), with similar companion legislation submitted by the chairman and ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Howard Berman (D-California) and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Florida), late
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