GOP blocks Senate rebuke of Trump on Russia sanctions

[brooklynite]

Source: Politico

A bipartisan attempt to condemn the Trump administration for relaxing Russia sanctions stalled in the Senate Wednesday after Republicans banded together to block the effort.

The bill would have formally rebuked the administration before it moves ahead with plans to lift sanctions on companies linked to oligarch Oleg Deripaska, a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The bill needed 60 votes to advance to passage but fell three votes short this afternoon.

Eleven Senate Republicans joined Democrats in supporting the measure. They weren’t convinced by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin’s argument that the sanctions should be lifted because the Russian firms had reorganized and had severed Deripaska's control.

Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/16/gop-senate-rebuke-trump-1088882

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. GOP equals treason now, plain and simple

[AZ8theist]

25. Now?

They've been traitors to America for years...

[gademocrat7]

2. The rethugs are treason weasels.

[AndJusticeForSome]

3. Bummer

Was really hoping we'd get those 3 votes.

GOP traitors.

[cstanleytech]

4. Our guys need to spread a full 24/7 message of Repugnants as corrupt Russian allies and tools and

point to this as proof.

[justhanginon]

5. ANNNNND Putin wins again! Thanks GOP, proving once again which side you are on.

[Sparkly]

11. Yup -- if it were a game show, it'd be canceled for being too predictable.

No suspense, even with music.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. Of course they did.

[Achilleaze]

7. Now they are officially the KGOP*

* traitors

[mastermind]

8. Proves the majority of republicans are working for Russia. nt

[C_U_L8R]

9. On the Russian payroll... clearly.

Traitorous republican assholes.... they'll do anything for a fucking ruble in their pocket.

[NCjack]

10. We know the names of the GOP senators that took roubles and may for the 2016 campaign

and still be taking roubles. As a minimum, those traitors need to be defeated in the next election.

[PeeJ52]

14. They won't be... They own the voting machines...

[PeeJ52]

12. I've had enough. You can have this wasteland.

I'm off to Canada..

[Farmer-Rick]

13. I'm confused

So does the Russian mob get a free pass from the Treasury now? Are sanctions against little Putin's henchmen lifted or do they stay in place? Was this just a Rebuke or was it the actual sanction lifting vote?

And will Trump get patted on the head by Putin when next they meet?

[turbinetree]

19. Yes.....................

[Farmer-Rick]

20. Oh crap

[Power 2 the People]

15. Schumer really had me hopeful last night on Rachel's show that he had the votes.

[lilactime]

16. So Mitt Romney fell right into line. What a shocker!

[SunSeeker]

17. Ug. He has no spine. What a traitor!

[Sanity Claws]

24. It surprised me

He is just like the others. Sigh.

[turbinetree]

18. November 3, 2020 cannot get here fast enough...........................

[Dave Starsky]

21. So treason against the US is now merely accepted and out in the open.

Just lovely.

The United States of America is now officially a vassal state of Russia, and we welcome and embrace their organized crime model of leadership. That's just great.

Thank you, Republican Party.

[Apollyonus]

22. Didn't Bernie Sanders did not vote?

Or am I mistaken?

[Polybius]

26. Not sure, but Kirsten Gillibrand didn't

The measure passed 57 to 42, with Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Democrat of New York, missing the vote as she announced her first step to start a campaign for the party’s 2020 presidential nomination.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/15/us/politics/republicans-sanctions-russian-oligarchs.html

There's no mention of Sanders there.

[Scruffy1]

23. I think this was an impeachment balloon.

It means we need ten more votes. The only way we will get them is if those up for ree;ection get scared.

[TomCADem]

27. Not Just GOP. Bernie Sanders Also Did Not Vote for the Measure...

...so odd that Bernie would go out of his way to help a Russian oligarch given Bernie's history on Russia sanctions. This was a close vote, yet Bernie decided not to support the bill.

[rockfordfile]

28. What's with that? With Sanders?