Senate Taking Russia Sanction Controls Away From Trump

TODAY THE SENATE PASSED A
NEW SET OF SANCTIONS ON BOTH
RUSSIA AND IRAN.
LET'S TALK ABOUT SOME OF THESE NEW
SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA.
THIS IS FROM THE PRESS BRIEFING BY THE
WAY.
THESE ARE SIGNIFICANT NEW SETS OF SANCTIONS.
WE ARE
RUNNING LOW ON TIME, BUT WHAT IS INTERESTING ABOUT THIS BILL
WHICH JUST PASSED IS NOT THE NEW SANCTIONS, BUT THE NEW OVERSIGHT
THAT CONGRESS IS GOING TO HAVE OVER THE CONTINUANCE OF THE
SANCTIONS.
A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE
CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT AFFECT SOME
SORT OF DEAL INVOLVING THE
EASING OF SANCTIONS MIGHT'VE HAPPENED DURING THE ELECTION.
WE'VE ALREADY HEARD FROM DIPLOMATS IN THE STATE
DEPARTMENT THAT THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES THEY HAVE TRIED TO PUT
PRESSURE ON THE STATE DEPARTMENT TO INDEPENDENTLY CALL FOR THE
SANCTIONS TO BE ERASED.
CONGRESS IS SAYING THEY WANT TO BE A PART
OF THAT.
IF HE TRIES TO DO THAT IN THE FUTURE THEY WILL BE ABLE TO
STOP IT THEORETICALLY.
HER TO VETO A BILL THAT PASSED THE SENATE 97 TO 2.
IN REFERENCE TO WHAT I WAS JUST SAYING ñ CHUCK SCHUMER
DESCRIBING THIS NEW SET OF
OVERSIGHT RULES SAYS THIS.
AND SO ORIGINALLY THEY HAD A SET OF
SANCTIONS ON IRAN THAT WAS GOING
TO BE PUT INTO EFFECT.
THERE WERE TWO VOTES AGAINST THAT.
THEN YOU HAVE THE FINAL SET OF SANCTIONS ON BOTH RUSSIA AND
IRAN, TWO PEOPLE VOTED AGAINST THAT.
RAND PAUL VOTED AGAINST
IT, THE OTHER ROW, BERNIE SANDERS.
SO WHY WAS THAT?
WE
HAVE HIS STATEMENT, REMEMBER THIS IS SANCTIONS ON BOTH
RUSSIA AND IRAN.
HERE IS WHAT HE SAID.
TOGETHER OR SEPARATE?
TOGETHER IN ONE PACKAGE.
BERNIE SANDERS SAID THIS.
REFERRING TO THE NUCLEAR TRADE A
COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.
I BELIEVE THESE NEW SANCTIONS COULD
ENDANGER THE AGREEMENT THAT WAS SIGNED BETWEEN THE US, ITS
PARTNERS AND IRAN IN 2015.
THAT IS NOT A RISK WORTH TAKING.
HE
APPARENTLY SUPPORTS THE RUSSIA SET OF SANCTIONS, BUT HE
BELIEVES THAT PUTTING THESE NEW
SANCTIONS ON IRAN COULD CAUSE THEM TO FEEL LIKE STAYING IN
THAT TREE IS NOT WORTH IT ANYMORE.
AND IF THEY WERE TO
BACK OUT THEY COULD RESUME THEIR EFFORTS TO BUILD BALLISTIC
MISSILE TECHNOLOGY AS WELL AS NUCLEAR WEAPONS.
THIS WON'T PASS THE HOUSE.
THERE IS NO WAY THAT DONALD
TRUMP DOESN'T ARGUE THAT THIS UNDERMINES EXECUTIVE AUTHORITY.
HE CAN PROBABLY GET THE SENATE
TO VOTE ON THE IRAN PART SEPARATELY IF HE NEEDED TO.
BUT
DEMOCRATS WILL TRY AND PUT THEM TOGETHER OBVIOUSLY.
THE WHOLE
WAY YOU WIN THIS BATTLE IS POLITICALLY.
BUT NOW THERE IS A
97 TO 2 VOTE ON RECORD.
WHICH YOU PROBABLY WON'T SEE ANOTHER.
I DON'T KNOW ñ INDICATION HAS COME OUT FROM A SPOKESPERSON FOR
PAUL RYAN SAYING THAT HE WAS A VOCAL PROPONENT FOR THE LAST
GROUP OF SANCTIONS, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT HE COULD NOT
DO WHAT YOU ARE ALLUDING TO.
THAT HAS TO PASS THE HOUSE.
INTERESTINGLY TODAY JOHN KERRY PUT OUT A STATEMENT ECHOING MUCH
OF WHAT BERNIE SANDERS SAID ABOUT THE IRAN PORTION.
SAYING
THIS WOULD RISK IRAN PULLING OUT OF THAT TREATY WHICH IS
DANGEROUS FOR A NUMBER OF
DIFFERENT REASONS.
THAT IS ONE THING TO CONSIDER.
WE ARE STILL
EARLY IN THE PROCESS, WE WANTED
TO GET YOU UPDATED.

Senate Taking Russia Sanction Controls Away From Trump

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