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- Five House Republicans — Don Bacon (Neb.), Brian Fitzpatrick (Pa.), Michael McCaul (Texas), Dan Newhouse (Wash.), and Joe Wilson (S.C.) — signed a bipartisan letter sent Thursday urging Trump to cancel a Russian diesel deal he announced last week.
- The GOP signatories joined 17 Democratic colleagues in the letter, which also calls for increased sanctions on Russia.
Why it matters: Twenty-two lawmakers — five Republicans and 17 Democrats — are now formally pressing Trump to scrap a Russian diesel deal he announced just one week ago, while also demanding additional sanctions on Moscow. The five GOP defections give bipartisan weight to a demand that directly contradicts a White House decision.
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