Russia sanctions: GOP senators are looking for balance to Trump
Russia sanctions: GOP senators are looking for balance to Trump
A cross-party law to sanction Russia is gaining in the Senate and could soon be vote, while Republican legislators are trying to make a balanced relationship with Presidency of Donald Trump to keep.
optimistic voices from the Senate
important supporters of the law are optimistic and believe that the package has the support of the president. Majority leader John Thune said on Wednesday that the Senate could possibly take up legislation before the summer break.
bipartisan consensus and challenges
A law with cross -party support and more than 80 co -signers could quickly be promoted in the Senate. However, a challenge for the GOP leadership is not to act in front of the White House. Republican senators have taken measures so as not to give the impression of urging the president in this matter. This is particularly important, since trumps about Russia and the Ukraine have occasionally changed.
agreements with the white house
Thune emphasized that the senators are in close contact with the White House and their colleagues in the House of Representatives, while the GOP leadership is planning to vote on the cross-party law this month. When asked whether he spoke to Trump about the schedule of the vote, Thune replied: "We communicate with the White House. Our team is regularly in contact with his team."
Trump shows interest in the law
Trump said on Tuesday that he "took a closer look at the law" and found that the Senate may be "completely adopted to [its] option". The President also criticized what he described as "Bullsh*t", which his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin spread, and expressed his displeasure with Putin's declining efforts in Ukraine.
important messages and possible effects
On Wednesday, Thune described the sanctioning law as an "important message that we should send now". The Republicans have emphasized that the legislation grants the President freedom of action. Senator Lindsey Graham, who supports the law in the Senate, praised the provision that Trump gives the opportunity to lift sanctions later.
progress and objectives
Graham said on Wednesday: "My goal is to bring the law to the president's desk before the summer break. There is a clause that gives the president freedom of action last week.
Change of strategy
The Republican from South Carolina informed the press on Tuesday that Trump had told him: "It is time to act. So we will progress." Graham further explained: "Yesterday it was possible to see that the president was ready to change the direction, and this law will give him considerable freedom of action towards China and India, which support Putin's war machinery. The only way to end this war is to increase Putin's customers."
debate about the cancellation options
When asked whether he supports the Sanction Act, the Republican Senator Josh Hawley said on Wednesday: "I will talk to the president about it. I know that he, Lindsey, said that the president supports it - he wants to move forward. I planned to talk to the president about it soon."
opposing views on legislation
Senator Richard Blumenthal, the leading democratic co -signer of the law, argued that the powers of the president to abolish sanctions in this package were "very limited and limited". He emphasized: "There is a legislative supervision in this law. We can override the President if we do not agree with him, and we therefore grant him not unlimited powers for the lifting of the sanctions."
conclusion and pressure on Putin
Blumenthal added: "Nobody should assume that these sanctions will be lifting. They are devastating and mandatory. Vladimir Putin should understand that if he wants to get to the negotiating table, his economy will be hit considerably, because India and China have every incentive to search for oil and gas elsewhere."
This report was also made by CNN reporter Kevin Liptak.
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