Fitzpatrick Vows Vote to Block Trump's Russia Oil Deal — SkimNews
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- Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) vowed Saturday to force a House vote to block Russian oil purchases, directly challenging Trump's diesel deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
- Trump has promoted the Russia diesel deal as a way to lower U.S. fuel prices, though the arrangement could also funnel revenue toward Russia's war effort, per the article's analysis.
Why it matters: A sitting House Republican is publicly breaking with Trump on a foreign-policy deal Trump personally championed with Putin, injecting intra-party friction at a moment when Trump is simultaneously pressuring Ukraine over the same arrangement — a convergence the Axios and Japan Times headlines capture but the 'GOP vs. president' framing downplays.
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