Economics
Schumer Will Force Vote Tuesday on Deripaska-Firm Sanctions
- Vote could make Republicans take an uncomfortable stance
- Mnuchin will go to Capitol to make case for easing sanctions
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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said he will force a vote Tuesday on a measure to block the Treasury Department’s plans to lift sanctions on three Russian companies linked to oligarch Oleg Deripaska.
Speaking on the Senate floor, Schumer said the Treasury Department’s Dec. 19 decision was “deeply flawed and wrong,” and would benefit a Russian magnate who he said has “effectively acted as agent of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s interests abroad.”