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Congress grows impatient on Iran, N. Korea, vows action: Tired of President Obama's cautious approach, lawmakers look to sanction the two regimes. (Howard LaFranchi, 6/26/09, The Christian Science Monitor )

Some members of Congress, increasingly impatient with the Obama administration's "give diplomacy a chance" stance toward Iran and North Korea, are pressing for new punitive measures against those countries.

This week the House Appropriations Committee attached an amendment to the 2010 foreign operations appropriations bill that would direct the Export-Import Bank to cut off US loan guarantees to certain companies doing business with Iran, particularly in the petroleum sector.