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[quote=Anonymous]Today’s Wall Street Journal contains an opinion piece from the editorial board that urges the Senate to take action on Russia. It’s clear they don’t think that Trump himself will do anything—despite his recent rhetoric—so they’re urging the Senate to act. Not holding my breath that anything will happen. I think we all know by now that the GOP has been effectively neutered by Trump and will not do their job in the house and senate.

Time for a GOP Senate Revolt on Sanctions Against Putin
John Thune can move Lindsey Graham’s secondary sanctions bill and send a message to the White House and the Kremlin
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“The good news is that the U.S. Senate still has some genuine realists when it comes to Russia. As GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham writes in a letter nearby, he has 82 co-sponsors on a bill that would hit countries that buy Russian oil and gas with tariff sanctions. Energy sales are Mr. Putin’s financial lifeline. President Biden refused to apply these so-called secondary sanctions, and Mr. Trump can’t make up his mind.

If Mr. Trump signaled that he supports the Graham-Tom Cotton-Richard Blumenthal sanctions bill, it would sail through the Senate. Combined with the promise of more arms to Ukraine when the current supply runs out, these sanctions might change Mr. Putin’s calculations about the price of war. But GOP Senators can act whether or not Mr. Trump approves. They can vote on the sanctions bill, and force the President to face the hard reality of Mr. Putin’s ambitions that Mr. Trump would rather avoid.”[/quote]

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