This is a little more informative: [
U.S. House Passes Legislation To Sue OPEC Over Oil Price Fixing] and [
GovTrack: H.R. 6074: Text of Legislation].
I don't know the chances of this succeeding, since the Senate must pass it and has a little more experience in foreign policy matters. If the Senate passes it or comes to a similar compromise, then this looks like it could be pretty big, since a Presidential veto could be overriden. It would amend parts of the concept of "sovereign immunity" in US Code, essentially allowing the established DOJ Task Force to sue a foreign government that is violating the text of the Act.
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Originally Posted by underboss
OK - let's say the DOJ wins, what next?
The US invades Saudi Arabia, Iran and Venezuela?
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I'm not sure what the consequences would be, but it could include seizing assets, imposing sanctions, etc. Still, whatever measures were taken to enforce a court decision, OPEC could retaliate.
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Originally Posted by AkDiesel
The Dems did say that they where going to shake things up.... and finally they are by leading the charge to the court house with a law suit......
There is only one group that is truely going to like this idea.....
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Whatever group you're thinking, it includes 103 Republicans.