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Senate Republicans introduce their own Russia sanctions package after stalled bipartisan negotiations(CNN) - Republican senators introduced their own sanctions package to deter Russian President Vladimir Putin from invading Ukraine and to show support and provide assistance to Ukraine and Europe in the event of a Russian invasion, leading to questions about whether bipartisan negotiations over sanctions have ended on Capitol Hill.
The GOP-led sanctions package comes after weeks of failed negotiations between bipartisan senators. Senators could not agree on whether to include sanctions that deal with the controversial Nord Stream 2 pipeline. The Republican proposal could be a negotiating tactic to get Democrats to reopen discussions on a bipartisan sanctions package.
But in order to make any kind of congressional sanctions package impactful, senators need to move quickly. Russia has amassed more than 130,000 troops near Ukraine's border in recent weeks, according to US estimates, and Putin continues to add to his "menu of options" militarily, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said during a news briefing Monday.
The proposed Republican sanctions package, introduced as the Never Yielding Europe's Territory (NYET) Act, would "mandate sanctions" on the Nord Stream 2 project "without a waiver should Russia invade," a release about the Act said.
The GOP-led sanctions package comes after weeks of failed negotiations between bipartisan senators. Senators could not agree on whether to include sanctions that deal with the controversial Nord Stream 2 pipeline. The Republican proposal could be a negotiating tactic to get Democrats to reopen discussions on a bipartisan sanctions package.
But in order to make any kind of congressional sanctions package impactful, senators need to move quickly. Russia has amassed more than 130,000 troops near Ukraine's border in recent weeks, according to US estimates, and Putin continues to add to his "menu of options" militarily, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said during a news briefing Monday.
The proposed Republican sanctions package, introduced as the Never Yielding Europe's Territory (NYET) Act, would "mandate sanctions" on the Nord Stream 2 project "without a waiver should Russia invade," a release about the Act said.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/15/politics/russia-sanction-package-negotiations/index.html
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spanone
Feb 2022
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Duck things up by stonewalling then propose their own bullshit.... The nerve of these repugnant cons.
Comfortably_Numb
Feb 2022
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Comfortably_Numb
(3,810 posts)1. Duck things up by stonewalling then propose their own bullshit.... The nerve of these repugnant cons.
spanone
(135,857 posts)2. anything to not give Biden a win...orders from the big lie guy
Comfortably_Numb
(3,810 posts)5. As usual...
Freethinker65
(10,033 posts)3. Bring the Democratic proposal back and let the Rs propose amendments
Make sausage.
BlueIdaho
(13,582 posts)4. The Russians are about to start WWIII
And all the RNCult can do is play politics. Typical.
kentuck
(111,107 posts)6. Just in case Biden is able to stop the war in Ukraine...
...they do not want him to get sole credit.