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Apr 7 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
NEW: Schumer is about to announce an agreement for the Senate to finish up Russia trade sanctions and SCOTUS tomorrow
On SCOTUS, Schumer announces:

Cloture on KBJ at 11am
Final confirmation around 1:45pm

#jetfumes
Schumer also announces separate votes on revoking trade relations with Russia and banning Russian oil imports.

He calls Putin’s actions in Ukraine “pure evil,” adding: “This is genocide.”
🚨 Schumer says the Senate will approve Russia trade sanctions and the Russian oil ban around 10am tomorrow. 🚨
MORE NEWS — The Senate just unanimously adopted Sen. @JohnCornyn’s bill to establish a lend-lease program for Ukraine. This hasn’t happened since World War II.

It authorizes the swift transfer of weapons and general supplies to Ukraine with promise of repayment later.

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Mar 23
Schumer again pushing GOP to agree to quick vote on House-passed bill revoking trade relations w/Russia (Sen Crapo wants oil ban added)

“There is absolutely no reason to change what the House has already approved...Republicans who complain of delay are the ones who are delaying”
Schumer will try to set up a vote on the House-passed PNTR bill at 11:30am, per spox. Sen. Crapo is expected to object.
Sen. @MikeCrapo on the floor now objecting, wants to modify the underlying bill.

@SenatorCardin is objecting because Crapo’s modifications don’t include a Magnitsky Act expansion.
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Mar 11
NEW: How a last-minute phone call from McConnell to Schumer supercharged Congress’ Ukraine aid deal — doubling a critical fund to supply Ukraine w/weapons & paving the way for even more $

“It wasn’t a hard sell,” McConnell says in interview

w/ @burgessev
politico.com/news/2022/03/1…
McConnell’s overtures to Schumer, & Schumer’s quick agreement, underscored the unusually muscular approach Congress took in a foreign policy realm it often defers to the executive. And it was a continuation of the already robust pressure campaign on Ukraine aid, sanctions & more.
“[There’s] no good argument for not doing anything and everything we could think of to help them kill as many Russians as they possibly can,” McConnell told us.

McConnell hoped his moves might help dispel the notion, fomented by Trump, about GOP soft on Russia: “Not any longer.”
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Mar 9
NEW: How the tricky politics of a Russian oil ban roiled both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue in 100 hours

Plus new details on the ongoing fight with the White House over the House’s Russia bill…

w/ @JonLemire @SiegelScribe @StevenOverly

politico.com/news/2022/03/0…
A Russian oil ban was pretty much the only significant Zelenskyy request they could deliver on, given the West’s widespread opposition to his #1 ask—a no-fly zone

“The resolve of the Ukrainian people had to be reflected in the resolve of the American people to do what we can do”
Dems already pushing back against Republicans on gas prices:

“It drives me crazy when people in this line of work think the best thing they can do is win an election. Screw you. This stuff matters to people at the pump. This stuff matters environmentally,” said Rep. @SeanCasten
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Mar 8
NEW: Biden is racing to avoid a fight with Congress over banning Russian oil imports as he faces the increasing possibility that his own party will act if he doesn’t.

More on Congress’ strategy to force Biden’s hand, w/ @burgessev @JonLemire —

politico.com/news/2022/03/0…
The WH’s newfound interest in an oil import ban is motivated in part by a desire to avoid a protracted debate over bipartisan oil-ban legislation that could further tie Biden’s hands.

PELOSI’s endorsement was viewed by many in the West Wing as a sign of its inevitability.
Dems seem OK with a hike in gas prices that could result from banning Russian oil — for now.

Zelenskyy “is risking his life for this cause,” Durbin said. “We need to stand by them and accept that it might create some hardship” with gas prices.
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Mar 6
NEW: Germany’s historic shift on Russia was fueled in part by a full-court press from U.S. lawmakers who used a Feb 7 dinner w/ Scholz to make their case directly.

“Everywhere [Germany] turned, they found somebody reminding them they weren’t stepping up.”
politico.eu/article/olaf-s…
Scholz described to senators the constraints he faced at home but also dispelled any lingering concerns about where Germany stood

The dinner instilled a striking level of confidence in lawmakers that Germany would follow through

“He absolutely delivered,” Tillis said of Scholz
“I was surprised, the administration was surprised, thinking it was going to be a lot heavier of a lift with our European friends than what it was,” Sen. Risch said.

More on Germany’s 180 in @POLITICOEurope, w/ @MKarnitschnig @vonderburchard @florianeder

politico.eu/article/olaf-s…
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Mar 5
NEW: During a call with senators & House members this morning, Ukrainian President Zelenskyy made an emotional plea for a no-fly zone, saying it’s the only option given that Putin is not willing to come to the table for peace talks.

Over 300 attendees on the call, per sources
Goes without saying, there is zero appetite for a no-fly zone among U.S./NATO countries.

What they *are* willing to do is send more weapons, drones, etc., which Zelenskyy focused on during the call, per sources.

Person on call says Zelenskyy wasn’t “angry” but clearly exhausted
Zelenskyy also sought to tie the security situation directly to Europe by noting that Ukraine has 15 nuclear plants, and a continuation of the war in his country could cause a nuclear disaster.

This “will become Europe’s problem,” Zelenskyy said, per 3 ppl on call.
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