White House Balks at Russian Oil Ban in New Feud With Congress

Democrats, Republicans unite behind cutting off Russian oil
Biden administration seeks to minimize impact on consumers

WATCH: Psaki says Biden’s objective with sanctions has been to maximize the impact on Russia, while minimizing the impact to the U.S. and its allies.Source: APTN

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By Steven T. Dennis, Jordan Fabian, and Daniel Flatley

March 3, 2022 at 8:33 PM UTC

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The Biden administration’s objections to banning oil imports from Russia puts it at odds with a bipartisan clamor to punish Moscow for the invasion of Ukraine despite the inevitable pain it would cause by sending gasoline prices soaring.

At about the same time another bipartisan bill was introduced to ban Russian energy imports, White House press secretary Jen Psaki warned that choking off the oil flow from Russia would have a global economic impact.