White House to Congress: Russia sanctions not needed now
Last edited Tue Jan 30, 2018, 06:59 PM - Edit history (2)
Source: Politico
The Trump administration informed lawmakers Monday that new Russia sanctions called for in a bipartisan bill passed last year are not necessary yet because the measure is already "serving as a deterrent."
The announcement came as lawmakers in both parties nudged the administration to implement sanctions legislation that passed overwhelmingly in July with only five no votes in both the House and Senate. The sanctions bill requires the imposition of penalties by Monday against entities doing "significant" business with Moscow's defense and intelligence sectors, unless Congress is notified that prospective targets are "substantially reducing" that business.
Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/29/russia-sanctions-white-house-congress-376813
Matthew28
(1,798 posts)slapping the congress in the face and telling them that you have no power.
itcfish
(1,828 posts)Very secure that congress will not do anything to him.
unblock
(52,503 posts)rurallib
(62,483 posts)brush
(53,978 posts)Iliyah
(25,111 posts)confirmation that t-rump and cronies, including Nunes and Ryan are with the Russians.
Botany
(70,657 posts)Russia's goal; "undermining U.S. democracy by polarizing the American constituency"
I think Ill leave that to Bob Mueller to answer, Vinograd replied. What I do think is, we already know from the intelligence community and the entire intelligence community agrees on this is that Donald Trump was Russias preferred candidate. Now that is not because any kind of personal love for Donald Trump. It is because they viewed him and his election as being more preferable to advancing their policies and to advancing their mission again of undermining U.S. democracy by polarizing the American constituency and decreasing American leverage around the world, and that is what Vladimir Putin wants.
RDANGELO
(3,437 posts)The timing of this is really suspicious.
Ccarmona
(1,180 posts)Talking about Trumps pending testimony; how the memo and the Repugs Investigation of the FBI/DOJ will be used to delay it.
BigmanPigman
(51,673 posts)I read this on DU this morning and just heard this on MSNBC. OUTRAGEOUS! I am embarrassed to be an American. I am thoroughly disgusted with this country for electing a criminal and for electing GOP enablers which makes the GOP criminals as well. No one is even putting this on TV much since the planned DISTRACTION of the "memo" is all consuming on the MSM.
Freethinker65
(10,116 posts)dchill
(38,626 posts)left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)In other words,
Trump wants y'all to leave the Russians alone !
cstanleytech
(26,361 posts)FakeNoose
(32,917 posts)Trump agreed to lift the sanctions if he got Putin's help in getting elected. This was laid out in the Steele dossier and there was a tape made in 2016 (I believe it's an audiotape not video) of Trump agreeing to that. The tape was hand-delivered early in 2016, supposedly by Jared Kushner. I believe he gave it to Felix Sater who then gave it to Putin. The question is whether a copy of the same tape is in existence, and does Mueller have it?
FSogol
(45,595 posts)Miigwech
(3,741 posts)blueinredohio
(6,797 posts)BumRushDaShow
(130,043 posts)JDC
(10,152 posts)Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)Cosmocat
(14,589 posts)open, out and out.
Sophia4
(3,515 posts)Are they collusion itself?
What more do we need?
More_Cowbell
(2,192 posts)Trump has notified Congress that HE WILL NOT IMPLEMENT SANCTIONS.
Lions_fan
(174 posts)I haven't posted here in a long time. I didn't want to break any headline rules, I usually post on Reddit and they're pretty strict about headlines over there. I tried to copy most of her Tweet to make the headline.
progree
(10,948 posts)covering huge areas of northern Russia. That's why we elected a stable genius.
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/371129-trump-polar-ice-caps-are-at-a-record-level
{sarcasm thingy}
orangecrush
(19,666 posts)Rule of law is dead.
ffr
(22,681 posts)There's no other way to interpret tRump's traitorous actions!