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  • Rand Paul throws fresh wrench in Senate's push for quick Russia trade sanctions

    03/25/2022 4:12:00 AM PDT · by RandFan · 9 replies
    POLITICO ^ | March 24 | By ANDREW DESIDERIO
    The Senate is struggling to quickly pass popular bipartisan legislation to suspend normal trade relations with Russia, likely further stalling a top priority of President Joe Biden as he conducts NATO meetings in Europe. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) is preventing the chamber from approving the bill before senators leave Washington for the weekend over his opposition to language in the measure regarding sanctions for global human-rights abusers. Paul, who generally opposes sanctions as a means of punishing a foreign nation, is demanding that the House-passed measure be amended to restrict what he sees as an overly broad authorization for executive-branch...