Republican leadership may find the continuing probe of the Trump campaign’s ties to Russia an overblown obstacle, but that didn’t stop a majority of Senate Republicans from joining with Democrats in Trump-proofing the latest round of U.S. sanctions against Russia.
The Senate reached a bipartisan agreement concerning the latest round of sanctions on Russia late Monday night, imposing new economic restrictions on Moscow and bolstering congressional oversight designed to limit Trump’s executive powers in this area.
Thanks to the new amendment, which will be attached to an Iran sanctions bill set for a vote Thursday, if Trump tries to ease or lift …read more
Source: VICE News
