Congress pulls punches on Russian bounties firestorm

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Congress appears poised to do little, if anything, to pass legislation responding to intelligence indicating Russia had offered bounties for the killing of U.S. troops, despite the initial firestorm that erupted on Capitol Hill.

Democrats are continuing to press Trump administration officials for answers since news first broke that the U.S. intelligence community concluded months ago that a unit in Russia’s military intelligence agency offered payments to Taliban-linked militants to incentivize the killing of U.S. and coalition troops in Afghanistan.

A few bills have been filed in recent weeks to address the issue. In the Senate, the top Democrat on the Foreign Relations Committee, Sen. Bob Menendez (N.J.), proposed adding sanctions against Russian President Vladimir Putin to the annual defense policy bill.

But his amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) was not one of the few that has been teed up for a vote when senators return from recess later this month, and it faces a struggle to get a vote in the Republican-controlled chamber. - The Hill

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[Champp]

1. Republicans whimp out on defending our troops, and just whine

following the lead of their draft-dodging Republican Whiner-in-Chief. Pathetic.

[elleng]

2. DAMN!

[Nevilledog]

3. I want Dems to start screaming.

Everytime they're asked a question answer with: "That's a great question. However, did you know trump and the Republicans are okay with Russian bounties on American troops?"

[Leghorn21]

4. Dear Dems, please hold a presser and line up and hold signs saying, wtf is this 'bounty' treachery?!

Don’t even have to speak, in fact, don’t say a word, no one is listening

Make a display, light er up, set off fireworks

Big noise, frantic noise, emergency noise INSANE noise

[steve2470]

5. we need to hammer this home to the voters constantly nt

[peggysue2]

6. Fake Patriotism

Powerful ad. And yes, Trump mugging the flag is gross and inappropriate, not to mention his use of the possessive: My Generals, my military guys, my, my, my . . .

And then is willing to ignore Russian bounties on American heads.

Time to kick The Mad King to the curb!