US Congressional committee passes bill that could sanction Qatar

US Congressional committee passes bill that could sanction Qatar: Qatar got a slap from the US Congress on Wednesday when the House Foreign Affairs Committee passed a bill that would sanction countries which finance terrorism, the Associated Press reports. In an apparent show of support to the Arab Quartet blockading Qatar, the Republican-led committee issued a scathing rebuke of the pariah state, particularly its support of Hamas. The legislation cited a March 2014 Treasury Department report that said Qatar "has for many years openly financed Hamas." What a waste of lobbying money.