Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Wednesday left the door open to holding a vote on a bill to sanction Russia over its years-long battle against Ukraine.
His comments came shortly after Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) indicated the Senate could vote on a Russia sanctions bill — led by Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) — by the end of the month, and after President Trump said on Tuesday that he was looking at the legislation “very strongly.”
“I don’t know any details yet but I know there’s an interest in that in the House side, so we’ll have to see,” Johnson told reporters in the Capitol when asked about the Senate bill.
“Vladimir Putin has shown an unwillingness to be reasonable and to talk seriously about brokering a peace, and I think we have to send them a message, that’s my view,” he added.
Johnson had previously backed penalizing Russia as the conflict drags on, telling reporters last month: “There’s many members of Congress that want us to sanction Russia as strongly as we can… and I’m an advocate of that.”
Click this link for the original source of this article.
Author: Dillon B
This content is courtesy of, and owned and copyrighted by, https://www.offthepress.com and its author. This content is made available by use of the public RSS feed offered by the host site and is used for educational purposes only. If you are the author or represent the host site and would like this content removed now and in the future, please contact USSANews.com using the email address in the Contact page found in the website menu.
