WASHINGTON: Two US senators said on Sunday they believe that legislation that allows for new sanctions against Russia would pass with enough votes to override any potential veto by US President Donald Trump.
Republicans and Democrats reached agreement on legislation that allows new sanctions against Russia, Iran and North Korea in a bill that would limit any potential effort by Trump to try to lift sanctions against Moscow.
“I think it will pass probably overwhelmingly again in the Senate and with a veto-proof majority,” Senator John Thune, a member of the Republican leadership, said on “Fox News on Sunday”.
Senator Ben Cardin, the …read more
Source: The News International
