Feb 19, 2022
Unable to Agree on Russia Sanctions Bill, Senate Settles for a Statement
A bipartisan push to pass the “mother of all sanctions” collapsed after Republicans insisted on imposing broad penalties before an invasion and Democrats, backing the White House, refused.
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A bipartisan push to pass the “mother of all sanctions” collapsed after Republicans insisted on imposing broad penalties before an invasion and Democrats, backing the White House, refused.
“Both parties are saying the same thing about wanting the same result,” said Senator Jim Risch of Idaho, the top Republican on the Foreign Relations Committee, who had been negotiating the bill on behalf of his party. “It’s just, what action gets us … [1553 chars]
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Senate Dems say Biden ‘very close’ to making SCOTUS pick
A pair of Senate Democrats suggested Thursday that President Biden is near a decision on who he will nominate to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer.
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