In praise of Tom Cotton and John Boozman for vote on Russian sanctions UPDATE

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In praise of Tom Cotton and John Boozman for vote on Russian sanctions UPDATE
Posted By Max Brantley on Wed, Jan 16, 2019 at 8:07 AM

Sens. Tom Cotton and John Boozman lined up on the right side of a vote Tuesday and let's give credit where due for their opposition to Donald Trump's desire to  help a Russian oligarch.

Cotton and Boozman were among 11 Senate Republicans who joined Democrats in support of a resolution to continue sanctions against businesses related to Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska.  Trump's Treasury secretary has been lobbying to lift the sanctions.

Read more at; https://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2019/01/16/in-praise-of-tom-cotton-and-john-boozman-for-vote-on-russian-sanctions

The sanctions are good.  Cotton and Boozman voted "yea" as did Sasse. I think the "yea" vote was the way one wanted to go, again, to keep the sanctions up on one specific oligarch.

Paul, Ernst voted "nay". 

https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=116&session=1&vote=00006

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Marco Rubio and a number of other Republicans voted "no" or "nay" on this, Rubio explains:

Marco Rubio
‏Verified account @marcorubio

Voted against Russia sanctions deal yesterday b/c Deripaska loses stock,but not control.

He keeps 35% of the voting shares, Putin’s bank has 7.35% & company with a long history of corruption & of partnering with Deripaska has 10.55%.

And Russia corp boards have little power.

https://twitter.com/marcorubio/status/1085507302545911808

So, there is some sense in voting against this I suppose.