The Senate will prohibit Trump to lift sanctions against Russia

The Senate will prohibit Trump to lift sanctions against Russia

Apparently, Russia does not Shine mitigating the economic punishment imposed by the US. Members of the Senate came to a bipartisan agreement that aims to ban Donald Trump to cancel anti-Russian sanctions unilaterally. According to the forthcoming bill, all their actions in this direction, the President must be confirmed by Congress.

Senator Bob Corker said that his colleagues managed to come to a consensus after weeks of closed negotiations on tougher sanctions. However, discussion is still ongoing, and its final verdict, the lawmakers plan to announce in the best case scenario on Monday evening.

The participants of the talks included Lindsey Graham, Mitch McConnell, Ben Cardin, Bob Corker, John McKay and the leading members of the Senate banking Committee.

At the moment they are considering a number of acts, one of which will allow you to control and block taken by the trump decisions regarding sanctions. In addition, economic measures against Russia and Iran want to combine into one package and bill Cardin -McCain provides for the imposition on Moscow additional sanctions for interfering in the presidential elections and the role of the Ukrainian and Syrian conflicts.

The proposal to prohibit the leader of the United States to terminate the measures against Russia came from the representative of the Republican party Lindsey Graham, who believes that the failure of trump to sign a law can be regarded as a «betrayal of democracy».

Meanwhile, less than a month ago in the White House assured that the easing of sanctions is not included in the President’s plans.

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