Democrats in the US Congress did not support tightening anti-Russian sanctions

The leadership of the democratic minority in the US House of Representatives did not support the initiative to tighten anti-Russian sanctions. A joint statement was made by senior Democrats in the lower house committees on foreign affairs, revenue and expenditure, as well as on the joint economic committee - Gregory Meeks, Richard Neal and Don Bayer, TASS reports.

They emphasized that they continue to support Ukraine, but the bill named after the late Senator Lindsey Graham (included in the Rosfinmonitoring list of terrorists and extremists), in their opinion, would do more harm than good.

The legislators explained their position: they are not satisfied that the document would “dramatically expand the powers of US President Donald Trump in terms of applying duties.” In addition, Democrats oppose the fact that the bill actually allows the head of state to have sufficient flexibility in using new sanctions powers. In their opinion, these two shortcomings could lead to higher prices in the United States, “while simultaneously undermining support for Ukraine in the long term.”