Bipartisan Senators Condemn Trump-Putin Russian Oil Deal — SkimNews
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- Senate Foreign Relations Committee — A bipartisan group of seven members condemned President Trump's deal with Putin that would lift sanctions on Russia and permit the flow of its oil into the global economy.
- Congress explicitly banned Russian energy imports, per the statement, framing the Trump-Putin deal as a direct reversal of that statutory prohibition.
Why it matters: A bipartisan rebuke from seven Foreign Relations Committee members signals rare congressional unity against Trump's Russia policy, and the lawmakers' invocation of Congress's existing ban on Russian energy imports points to a potential statutory roadblock any sanctions-lifting deal would face.
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