Trump Blew a Deadline to Impose New Russian Sanctions and Democrats Are Furious
Trump’s lack of follow-through on the sanctions law has angered congressional Democrats, who accuse the president of failing to stand up to Russia over its intervention in the presidential race. “The Trump Administration had a decision to make whether they would follow the law and crack down on those responsible for attacking American democracy in 2016,” Rep. Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.), the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said in a statement. “They chose instead to let Russia off the hook yet again. I’m fed up waiting for this Administration to protect our country and our elections.”
Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.), the ranking member on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, told Mother Jones, “We’ve got to be pretty tough about this. But with the president not imposing any sanctions, that’s hard to understand.”
On Tuesday afternoon, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) questioned Trump’s motivation for blowing the sanctions deadline, pointing out that that the Trump administration had this week allowed Sergey Naryshkin, the head of Russia’s foreign intelligence service, who is currently under sanctions, to visit the United States.
“We sanctioned the head of their intelligence and then the Trump administration invites him to waltz through our front door,” Schumer said. “This is an extreme dereliction of duty by President Trump, who seems more intent on undermining the rule of law in this country than standing up to Putin.”
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/01/trump-blew-a-deadline-to-impose-new-russian-sanctions-and-democrats-are-furious/
I believe we are at a point where it is reasonable to believe the GOP can no longer be reasoned with.
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And I'm really tired of their spinelessness. It isn't working so grow a pair and stand up to them, FFS! 
Thanks for posting it!
putin more than likely has fatso's voice on tape offering goodies to him (putin). Has fatso's federal taxes, has information on all of fatso's money laundering and law-breaking etc. We all KNOW that fatso's a sexual predator, probably a rapist, and who knows what the deal is with the relationship with his daughter IS 
, and people still voted for this hog. A pissing tape? NOPE, people don't care about that because we all know who he IS already in terms of sexual assault, porn star pay outs etc.
We are in the midst of a super-slow-mo Saturday Night Massacre--courtesy of putin, his treasonous puppet fatso and this treasonous, greedy vile CON-gress, and Dems are powerless to stop what they see happening, and because we probably won't be able to vote the bums out in the fall because our votes won't count (voter-suppression, gerrymandering etc.). Those of us who have functioning brains know what's up. Fatso/thuglicans have sold us out for "chicken change" and for their OWN gain. They're helping to do away with this nation's law enforcement capabilities, they're RWNJ'ing the courts with LIFETIME appointments, and this country will slowly turn into what russia IS, and we know it's not pretty at all.
putin has foot on the necks of this CON-gress, fatso-in-chief's big, fat, gelatinous, red neck, and on OUR necks as well.
