House Republicans block Russia sanctions bill

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unraveled01 · 4日前

TL;DR version:

A bill that slaps new sanctions on Russia, and passed the Senate almost unanimously, has hit a major stumbling block in the House.

Rep. Kevin Brady (R-Texas) said the legislation has been flagged by the House parliamentarian as a "blue slip" violation, referring to the constitutional requirement that revenue bills originate in the House.

Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) lambasted the move, arguing they're using the procedural roadblock to cover for Trump, "who has been far too soft on Russia."

Rep. Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.), the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, added that Republicans could easily work around the violation by introducing an indention House bill.

seeking_horizon · 4日前

Brady, the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, pushed back against suggestions that House GOP leadership is trying to delay the bill, stressing that he thought the Senate legislation was "sound policy."

"I am confident working with the Senate and Chairman [Ed] Royce that we can move this legislation forward. So at the end of the day, this isn’t a policy issue, it’s not a partisan issue, it is a Constitutional issue that we will address," he told reporters.

I mean, okay. This is dumb, and I'm not sure that I understand how exactly this counts as a "spending" bill, but if--if--they're serious about supporting the policy, let's see it. Anything that gets 98 votes in the fucking Senate ought to be able to sail past a procedural hurdle.

edit to add: this is a very easy bluff to call.

Jkdsh · 4日前

'Let's ignore the warnings of every intelligence director that's been asked about Russia's interference and do fucking nothing.'

spiffy_name · 4日前

The redditor that said we should put billboards up that read "Vote R for Russia and vote D for democracy" was spot-on.

ragnarockette · 4日前

I believe Mueller is going to uncover that many, many GOP politicians filled their coffers with Russian money (whether they knew it or not). This is why they are obstructing. Because it is going to look very, very bad for them.

darkseadrake · 4日前

Why?!

ranchoparksteve · 4日前

The Republican Civil War is on full display here. The party no longer stands for anything in particular.

Scarlettail · 4日前

The GOP justification is nonsensical. A revenue bill? This is a sanctions bill which you would expect to appear in the Senate. Are they really that coddled with Russia?

DonutsMcKenzie · 4日前

Яepublicans.

BraveNewTrump · 4日前

Rep Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.), the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, added that Republicans could easily work around the violation by introducing an indention House bill.

“[But] I predict this isn't the last excuse we'll hear for trying to slow this bill's momentum, but make no mistake, anything short of an up-or-down vote on this tough sanctions package is an attempt to let Russia off the hook," he said.

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NoMoreBoozePlease · 4日前

And now we know who's been paid by Russia

Smallmammal · 4日前

Called it the day the senate voted on theirs. The house is very Trump friendly and I imagine many GOP races were funded by laundered Russian money.

Also Trump setup a new formula for winning the presidency. Have Putin's cyberarmy on your side and say the dumbest most bigoted things imaginable. Those reps have big dreams and don't want to piss off Daddy Vlad.

sn00kie · 4日前

Interesting, Sean Spicer said this morning when asked about this bill, (paraphrasing), "I don't know, we'll have to wait and see as the bill hasn't gone through the house yet". I'm sure that was just a coincidence...

drugsnothugsjk · 4日前

NOW they care about the Constitution?

Shasta-Daisies · 4日前

Oh McCain is gonna be very concerned about this. Maybe he'll be concerned enough to vote against Trumpcare.

ricksaus · 4日前

Put. Them. All. In. Jail.

RileyWWarrick · 4日前

Man, Reagan must be rolling over in his grave seeing how his party has turned in a frat party of Russian fan boys.

jcboarder901 · 4日前

The GOP is no longer loyal to the USA.

relevantlife · 4日前

The Republicans in the House do not want Russia to face any consequences for meddling in our election.

Let's call the GOP what they are.... just a bunch of goons who suck Putin cock.

SmallGerbil · 4日前

To be clear, all congresspersons quoted in this report (except Schumer, but they used his quote to be the balance) fully expect this bill to go through once revised.

I mean, we'll see. Kleptocracy has been revived in its most vile forms.

bestman · 4日前

This is why I don't believe House Republicans will impeach Trump even with hard evidence of Russia collusion or obstruction of justice. They will just shrug it off and come with some bs excuses.

CopyX · 4日前

I'm not saying the Republican party is under the heel of the Russians.

I'm saying if I was going to write a story about a political party who behaved at the whim of a foreign government, this is what it would look like.

wstsdr · 4日前

Perfect! Kill the bill without having to vote on it. Taking over this country is far easier than I thought.

jomylo · 4日前

OK, people who support the GOP currently - what is the logical reason for Donald Trump, Jeff Sessions, Paul Manafort, Jared Kushner, and so many other Republicans to have all of these contacts?

I want to hear the other side of this story because I can't help but think that something nefarious is going on. Your party sounds supportive of an oppressive regime (Russia) and making a lot of decisions that directly benefit them.

mfabros · 4日前

What the actual fuck is going on? It is absolutely terrifying what has happened to the republican party.

justinlancaster · 4日前

What is with these freaking people?

FUCK_MITCH_MCCONNELL · 4日前

oh my sweet fucking jesus

orrangearrow · 4日前

Witnessing a coup d'etat

[deleted] · 4日前

Between this and the AHCA the GOP has objectively demonstrated that they are more than happy to betray the health and safety of the nation and it's people. I am not condoning violence, but if you want more GOP Congressmen to get shot, this is how you go about it: enacting legislation you know will kill and bankrupt tens of thousands while enabling a foreign enemy of the United States.

btao · 4日前

FFS, is it ok to hate every Republican in congress? I'm not even a Democrat, but Republicans have for the past decade been as a whole, responsible for derailing a functional government. Led from the top, they have even gone so far as to try to change the rules so they can unilaterally do as they please. Government was intentionally setup in a way to prevent this, and historically members of congress approached governing and legislation based on diplomacy and compromise. The opposite exists now. Republicans repeatedly have shown their cards, exclaiming boldly during Obama's administration that they will simply do everything in their power to block everything he and the Democrats propose in an attempt to deny a positive legacy. This is absurd, and Republicans seem perfectly ok with having no respect for each other and for the entire population of this country, including the ones that voted them in.

CYBER_COMMANDER · 4日前

There it is. Unless they're stalling to make the sanctions stricter, there really is no defense.

theRealRedherring · 4日前

I see that Putin's check cleared.

bookbindr · 4日前

People don't want to use the word, but it is scary close to neo-fascism when congress is passing laws in secret. It's a hallmark of authoritarianism.

jdmgf5 · 4日前

Time to seize the means guys.

YoungBurtCooper · 4日前

How long do we as a people just sit around and take these repeated shots to the face? Why is this going to change??? Maybe the democratic system is truly broken.

AvengerMKII · 4日前

Wait, hold on just a minute. A bill unanimously passed by a Republican Senate Majority blocked by a Republican House majority....What?

Jigga_Justin · 4日前

What a despicable group of scum.

Deeptrance83 · 4日前

Pretty obvious that Russia has successfully infiltrated the US Government.

lankist · 4日前

Senate Republicans knew this would happen. That's the reason they passed it at such a near-unanimous margin. They're trying to confuse the argument and make people think they aren't a united front in their treason.

The GOP, traitors all.

Naolini · 4日前

Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) stressed that he didn't think the Senate bill actually had a "blue slip" issue, but echoed Engel noting they it could be "easily corrected" by using a House bill.

"What the House many times believes [is] that if there's any fine in the legislation ... that's a revenue measure, and therefore that comes under the blue slip," he said. "I don't believe that's a part of this bill, but I know the House has raised this in the past."

I'll wait to see if the House puts forth its own bill.

john_kennedy_toole · 4日前

I think the Senate vote was just giving senator's cover in upcoming elections.

"I'm serious about Russia, I voted on this bill!!"

That went nowhere.

That many GOP senators voting yes on something that isn't terrible makes me think something has to be up.


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