House, Senate reach deal on Russia sanctions, will vote Tuesday

[jpak]

Source: CBS News

Negotiators from the House and Senate have come to an agreement on Russia sanctions after securing overwhelming support in the Senate but stalling in the House.

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-California, announced Saturday morning that a vote on the Russia, Iran and North Korea Sanctions Act would take place Tuesday.

Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer of Maryland has been working for weeks to craft a deal with McCarthy. Hoyer said in a statement that he was "pleased that both parties in the House and Senate have reached agreement on sanctions legislation that will hold Russia and Iran accountable for their destabilizing actions around the world."

"The legislation ensures that both the Majority and Minority are able to exercise our oversight role over the Administration's implementation of sanctions," Hoyer said.

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Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/house-senate-negotiators-come-to-agreement-on-russia-sanctions-vote-tuesday/

[TrogL]

1. Watch Trump veto it

[Ligyron]

2. Wouldn't that be something?

that would be telling.

[dalton99a]

3. "Donald, take care of it"

[BumRushDaShow]

6. I heard on the news (radio) this afternoon that the House

has enough bipartisan support to override any veto (at least 2/3rd).

[janx]

4. Wow, finally!

I guess they got the kinks worked out. This is a big deal. Russia has been jonesing for years to get rid of existing sanctions and apparently thought Trump would help.

Now they're going to be hit with even more sanctions.

[janx]

5. Here's another article about it from CNN:

http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/22/politics/congress-deal-russia-sanctions/index.html