Senators on precipice of Russia sanctions deal
By Jordain Carney - 02/03/22 03:58 PM EST
Senators say they are on the brink of clinching a deal on Russia sanctions legislation, as they work to reach a final agreement on text of a bill.
The progress comes after the talks appeared to hit a snag earlier this week, as the group struggled to resolve two of their biggest sticking points: If some sanctions should be implemented immediately and how to handle the Nord Stream 2 pipeline that will carry gas from Russia to Germany.
Sen. Jim Risch (Idaho), the top Republican on the Foreign Relations Committee, stopped short of saying that the group has a "deal in principle," but that they were "optimistic" that they would be ready to make an announcement on an agreement "pretty soon."
"It will be soon. When you get to where you need to be on this there's a lot of drafting that needs to take place, and then negotiations over where the commas go and that sort of thing. So, we're in the process of that and we're going to have something for you very, very soon," Risch said, when asked if a deal could be announced on Thursday or Friday.
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