Attacking the source is really stupid when the source is reporting a fact.

But, if you absolutely insist on dismissing facts when they are reported by a media group you do not like, then take a look at the official Markup of H.R. 850 from 2013:

MARKUP BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED THIRTEENTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ON H.R. 850

(caps not mine... I copy and pasted from the linked document)

Page 158. You can see the text of the amendment that Tom Cotton proposed, and read a transcript of the discussion of the proposed amendment.

It happened. Tom Cotton is an idiot who proposed unconstitutional and un-American legal penalties against innocent people.

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Posted by SLC

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Posted on 3/14/15 at 6:59 am to Hog on the Hill

Clearly poorly worded by Cotton but the article is a bit melodramatic or overblown, as is every article by Huffington. Everyone on that committee acknowledged there is a common problem where those sanctioned divert assets to family members to evade sanctions. A consanguinity prosecution is completely unacceptable in the U.S. and overseas but this appears to be very narrowly tailored towards those on the Iranian sanctions lists. Because Cotton brought this up (and he more than once agreed to withdraw it so it could be revised by the attorneys) they may get something passed to cover that gap in the sanctions law.

That proposed amendment did not create gulags where people, US citizens or non- citizens, on US soil would be gathered up and imprisoned. It did not have that scope and is superceded by the constitutional protections already in place.

And no, it is not stupid to question every news source currently available. Hardly any of them are true journalists but have evolved into entertainment platforms pandering to their target audience.

My $0.02