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Nordstream 2 has sanctions against it in the US and has for several years now. Work on the pipeline stopped an hour or two before they were signed into law (by

by hajile 5y ago

Nordstream 2 has sanctions against it in the US and has for several years now. Work on the pipeline stopped an hour or two before they were signed into law (by the allegedly pro-Russia Trump). Like Biden always does, he just ignored the bi-partisan sanctions passed by congress because it'll be too late by the time the courts get done (Biden subverting the system to help Russia get what they want) This is important because Ukraine said quite a while ago that sanctions of Nordstream 2 would go a long way toward preventing war[0] Meanwhile, the Democrats spent a morning last week waxing eloquent about the evil of the filibuster only to use the filibuster that same day to stop a bi-partisan set of Nordstream 2 sanctions from passing because it was just under the requisite 60 votes. [0] https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/ukraine-us-not-too-late-stop-russian-pipeline-2021-08-31/ https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/ukraine-us-not-too-l...

pjc50 5y ago
[citation needed] If something were actually bipartisan, surely it would be over the filibuster threshold?
- hajile 5y ago
  https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-democrats-slam-cruz-nord-stream-2-sanctions-bill-ahead-vote-2022-01-13/ https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-democrats-slam-cruz-nord... It was 55 to 44. As some Republicans like Rand Paul always vote against sanctions, there were at least 6-7 democrats in favor. In any case, it was merely stating AGAIN what had ALREADY been legislated before (and Biden simply refuse to execute what the Constitution demands)
another_why 5y ago
They show in the news only what they want you to hear. Everything was agreed upon and scheduled long before February, including US,EU,Russia and even Ukraine. Macron was flying all over the world for a reason
- hajile 5y ago
  If the sanctions were never repealed by the US Congress, the US president has no right to overrule their policy. This has been in the US Constitution from the beginning of the country and is hardly controversial. Interestingly, failing to uphold the Constitution and execute the laws passed by congress is serious grounds for impeachment (though it simply will not happen until at least 2023).

by hajile 5y ago

pjc50 5y ago

[citation needed] If something were actually bipartisan, surely it would be over the filibuster threshold?

hajile 5y ago
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-democrats-slam-cruz-nord-stream-2-sanctions-bill-ahead-vote-2022-01-13/ https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-democrats-slam-cruz-nord... It was 55 to 44. As some Republicans like Rand Paul always vote against sanctions, there were at least 6-7 democrats in favor. In any case, it was merely stating AGAIN what had ALREADY been legislated before (and Biden simply refuse to execute what the Constitution demands)

another_why 5y ago

They show in the news only what they want you to hear. Everything was agreed upon and scheduled long before February, including US,EU,Russia and even Ukraine. Macron was flying all over the world for a reason

hajile 5y ago
If the sanctions were never repealed by the US Congress, the US president has no right to overrule their policy. This has been in the US Constitution from the beginning of the country and is hardly controversial. Interestingly, failing to uphold the Constitution and execute the laws passed by congress is serious grounds for impeachment (though it simply will not happen until at least 2023).