That legislation is expected to have strong support when it goes to the full Senate, and then would have to pass the House of Representatives and be signed by President Donald Trump. Trump expected to tighten Cuba rules OPINION: Sorry Newt, the right must tone down the vitriol too MORE (I-Vt.) opposed it. Asked whether the White House was on board with the measure, Sen.
The new bill would slap sanctions on companies in other countries looking to invest in those projects in the absence of USA companies, a practice known as backfilling.
The House will take up the legislation next, although it has not yet scheduled any vote. The bill would impose sanctions on individuals who have financial relationships with the Syrian government or businesses controlled by the administration.
The decisive bipartisan vote could put the Trump administration in a bind. "We believe the existing executive branch sanctions regime is the best tool for compelling Russian Federation to fulfill its commitments". Bob Corker of Tennessee, the Republican chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee. Mike Crapo, who introduced the measure, said it "will result in very powerful new sanctions against Russia". But if the president vetoes the legislation - after questioning whether Russian Federation did meddle in the election and amid the ongoing investigations - it could anger even Republicans and bring about an embarrassing override. The Russia amendment was added to the sanctions bill in a 97-2 vote on Wednesday.
"However, we can't accept the threat of illegal and extraterritorial sanctions against European companies", the two officials said, citing a section of the bill that calls for the United States to continue to oppose the Nord Stream 2 pipeline that would pump Russian gas to Germany beneath the Baltic Sea.
USA lawmakers said they're responding to Russia's involvement in Ukraine and meddling in the 2016 presidential election.
But GOP senators signaled that progress in Syria's civil war has been too slow to justify holding back on the legislation.
"I think the bill is a very, very strong signal to Russian Federation, but it does provide the administration the flexibilities they need to conduct business", Corker told reporters. It's not like the sanctions are a surprise to President Putin, who has been following the anti-Trump hysteria in Washington fairly closely.
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London Fire Commissioner Dany Cotton said: "In my 29 years of being a firefighter, I have never ever seen anything of this scale". Fears grew for others, such Bassem Choukeir, his wife Nadia, her mother Sariyya and his three daughters Mirna, Fatmeh and Zaynab.
The two officials said: "Europe's energy supply is a matter for Europe, and not for the United States of America!"
The administration has gone back-and-forth over lifting sanctions on Russian Federation.
He called the sanctions "ill-timed" and said the administration needs the ability to "turn that heat up" on Russian Federation, should a future situation call for it.
William Jackson, senior emerging markets economist at Capital Economics in London, said the near-term impact on Russia's economy would be limited as Russia's largest companies have already been subject to sanctions for several years. The Treasury Secretary "may" impose financial sanctions on state-owned entities in those sectors, according to the measure. And we need it on this piece of legislation.
Heather Nauert, a spokeswoman for the State Department, declined to comment on the Senate-passed bill, noting that it still needs to pass the House and the department doesn't weigh in on "pending" legislation.
"What I wouldn't want to do is close the channels off", Tillerson said.
Sen. Cardin was quoted by the news media as commenting, "I'd be very, very surprised if the president vetoes this bill". "No administration likes Congress interfering with their powers".
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