The Senate failed to advance a bill to prevent President Donald Trump from lifting sanctions on three Russian businesses. Eleven Republicans joined 46 Democrats to vote for cloture on the bill, but they fell three votes short of the 60 votes needed to end debate. Congress has the power to reject any lessening of sanctions on Russia, but only if it has enough votes.What sanctions?In April, the Trump administration placed U.S. sanctions on three businesses connected to an oligarch associated with Russian President Vladimir Putin. This oligarch, Oleg Deripaska, had also been cited by prosecutors as a financial supporter of …read more
Source: The Blaze
