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    Senators Aim To Make It Harder For Trump Administration To Ease Russia Sanctions

    A new amendment strengthens existing sanctions and imposes new sanctions for human rights abuses, supplying arms to Syria's regime and "malicious cyber activity" on behalf of the Russian government.
    by Michele Kelemen Jun 13, 2017 2 minutes
    The bipartisan amendment expands existing sanctions on Russia. The Senate will consider it as part of an Iran sanctions bill that already has wide support.

    A bipartisan group of senators has taken a step to limit the Trump administration's ability to ease sanctions on Russia, to a widely supported Iran sanctions bill to make sure Congress has a say in future Russia policy. The Senate is considering the bill this week.

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