Discussion of additional U.S. sanctions on Russia for its interference in the 2016 presidential election and general bad behavior is heating up in Congress, but lawmakers should coordinate with our allies before acting.
The Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs held hearings in March and April to assess options for further penalties — “to impose real costs” on the Kremlin as Chairman Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) put it — for Moscow’s aggression in Ukraine and Syria, in addition to meddling in elections in Europe and the U.S. Russian sanctions were again a prominent theme during a May 16 committee hearing …read more
Congress Should ‘Phone a Friend’ When Sanctioning Russia
