'Unless and until Russian Federation pays a price for its actions, these destabilizing activities will continue, ' he added.
Ahead of the June 14 vote, the measure had been met with warnings of retaliation from Moscow, as well as pleas for patience from U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.
But the new agreement also calls for between 30 to 60 days to review and deny the president from loosening or removing the sanctions, according to The Hill.
It would also codify existing sanctions against Russian Federation over its annexation of Crimea and involvement in the war in eastern Ukraine.
The deal, which Trump has not supported, would also place more sanctions on industries, including Russia's mining, shipping and railway industries. The vote was 97 to 2 for the legislation, filed as an amendment to an Iran sanctions bill. So the White House would have to reject stricter punishments against Iran, which it favors, in order to derail the parts of the legislation it objects to.
Idaho Republican Senator Mike Crapo helped push legislation through the Senate Wednesday to maintain and expand sanctions against the government of Russian Federation.
Arizona Republican Senator John McCain, the chairman of the Armed Services Committee, attacked Russian President Vladimir Putin ahead of the vote, claiming that his "brazen attack on our democracy is a flagrant demonstration of his disdain and disrespect for our nation".
Rep. Duncan says 'my colleagues were targeted today'
Terry McAuliffe blamed firearms and called for stricter gun laws. "Too often, we find ourselves splitting into smaller factions". After speaking with the man, Duncan and DeSantis left Alexandria and headed to Capitol Hill in the same vehicle .
This underscores the real goal of the campaign waged by the Democrats and the media over alleged Russian intervention into the United States presidential election in support of Trump, which has been to force the Trump White House to abandon efforts to reduce the level of conflict between the U.S. and Russia in the Middle East and Eastern Europe.
The measure flew in the face of President Donald Trump-who has both steadfastly called for better relations with Moscow and denied it had meddled in the election that saw him rise to power last year-now faces a hard decision on whether or not to sign the bill.
Republican senators said Tuesday they expected Trump to sign the bill, which will still need to be passed in the House before it goes to the President's desk.
The discussions gathered steam late last month after Sen. "We experience it firsthand", Cardin told a group of journalists Monday before announcing an agreement on the amendment with the chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee and colleagues from the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs. "What I wouldn't want to do is close the channels off". Russian Federation has supported Assad's regime throughout the Middle Eastern nation's five-year long civil war while the US has opposed the current government.
The deal was forged amid the firestorm over investigations into Moscow's possible collusion with members of Trump's campaign.
The US Congress has been empowered to block any efforts by President Donald Trump to scale back sanctions against Russian Federation. The measure is widely expected to pass Congress.
The amendment was negotiated by Senate leaders from both parties on the foreign and banking committees amid intense scrutiny of Russia's role in the USA presidential election. This bipartisan amendment is the sanctions regime that the Kremlin deserves for its actions, ' said Democratic Senator Jeanne Shaheen, another leader of the push for the legislation.
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