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Senate Foreign Relations Committee Passes Bill to Sanction Corrupt Russians
By Brian Orsak
printA U.S. Senate committee voted Wednesday to grant the White House the power to impose sanctions on corrupt Russian officials and buoy Ukraine's economy through conditional loans. In a 14-3 vote, the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations approved the Support for the Sovereignty, Integrity, Democracy and Economic Stability of Ukraine Act of 2014, a measure that would allow President Obama to restrict when financial institutions can serve Russian and Ukrainians believed to have undermined protestors and Ukraine's territorial integrity. Under an amendment adopted during a legislative markup session Wednesday afternoon, the White House would also have the discretion to order...
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