Posted on 10/11/2017 6:05:59 PM PDT by Drew68
Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Ben Cardin (D-Md.) slammed the Trump administration on Wednesday for missing a key deadline in implementing sanctions against Russia.
“The delay calls into question the Trump administration’s commitment to the sanctions bill which was signed into law more than two months ago, following months of public debate and negotiations in Congress. They’ve had plenty of time to get their act together," the pair said in a joint statement on Wednesday.
By Oct. 1, the McCain and Cardin-penned sanctions bill required the administration clarify which targets would be identified and punished as part of Russia's defense and intelligence sectors. The administration has not yet done so.
The bill had been intended to force President Trump into punishing Russia for its tampering in the 2016 presidential election, with legislators fearing that the president would be overly lenient. McCain and Cardin sent a letter to Trump reminding him of the deadline on Sept. 29.
Also on September 29, Trump issued a memorandum delegating most of the responsibilities of making the decisions outlined in the bill to members of the Cabinet. Trump passed the authority to determine who counted as military or intelligence to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.
According to their Wednesday statement, the duo believes the administration has been slow to implement at least one other step in the Russian response.
“[T]here does not appear to be a significant diplomatic effort to engage our allies in Europe and lead an effort to increase pressure on Moscow. Congressional intent was clear, reflected in the overwhelming bipartisan majority in favor of the legislation," they said.
I swear that McCain gets hard from war like other men do from women.
San Juan is doing everything he can to expedite his canonization.
Imagine if this lunatic had actually not served as a ringer for Zero in ‘08. The few of us left after the nuclear holocaust he triggered would be speaking Chinese today.
You don’t know what you’re missing. And like Avis, they try harder.
Trump should keep pushing McCain’s button on this issue. Maybe setup a summit with Putin. Give him a puppy.
“She’s almost exactly the type of young lady I dated when I was single. Don’t knock it ‘til you’ve tried it, as they say.”
So did you have to wear a snorkel to avoid suffocation?
Vision Thing scolds Cancer for missing McCain expiration deadline
Made in Russia and report came out that russia has a back door in it.
I’m single, I’m lonely, and I’m desperate.
But I’m not THAT desperate.
That’s an old wives tale. LOL
Just think, if McCain had attacked 0bama in 2008 as hard and as much as he has attacked Trump, maybe he would have won....then again, that probably wouldn’t have been a good thing.
Trying to remember.
Was McCain ever impolite or impertinent to Obama?
LOL! It's like WWIII is a bucket list checkoff item for him.
McBrain was a traitor in VietNam and made propaganda films for the communists that you can see on you tube!! He is and always has been a POS!!
“Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Ben Cardin (D-Md.) slammed the Trump administration on Wednesday for missing a key deadline in implementing sanctions against Russia. ... ‘the sanctions bill which was signed into law more than two months ago .... They’ve had plenty of time to get their act together,’ the pair said in a joint statement on Wednesday.”
And how many years have you had to secure the border, McCainiac?
Russia is afraid he'd bail out and survive and then they'd have to take him prisoner and he'd never shut up.
Let's see what happens when Trump de-certifies the Iran deal and forces Congress to decide whether to increase the sanctions against Iran. I predict that they will do nothing preferring to keep the Obama deal. Just like Obamacare, the GOPe decried the Iran Deal, but faced with making a substantive decision, they will show their true colors.
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