Sen. Ted Cruz used leverage over diplomatic nominees to force a vote on sanctions aimed at blocking Nord Stream 2, the pipeline Russia would use to sell...
On Wednesday, Senate Democrats unveiled an alternative, setting invasion of Ukraine as a tripwire rather than tying sanctions to a pipeline that is all but complete.
Last year, President Joe Biden appeased Germany by waiving pipeline sanctions adopted with bipartisan support in Congress. Cruz called it a gift to Putin. Cruz’s bill targets corporate officers and businesses involved in the planning, construction, or operation of the pipeline. The Nord Stream 2 company has said thatEarlier this week he rejected Cruz’s approach as counterproductive, arguing that to halt the pipeline now would erase economic leverage that may be the biggest deterrent keeping Ukraine safe.
Meeting last week with Germany’s foreign minister, Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned that gas revenues would cease if Russia attacks Ukraine after the pipeline starts to operate. Under Biden’s approach, Barraso warned, all of Europe could face the same sort of crisis, and the pipeline “will be an enormous transfer of wealth from our allies to our enemy … . History should not be kind to those who gifted Putin a pipeline, pointed like a gun into the heart of Europe.”“Let’s just say I’m highly suspicious of his motives in pursuing the bill,” said Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, a liberal Democrat from Rhode Island.
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