don't laugh. it has happened before, and it has happened specifically on this issue. and, in fact, we just got a statement from the banking committee in the senate on this issue suggesting that this really is something that might get some bipartisan objections. here is the statement. quote, bipartisan staff of the senate banking committee -- bipartisan staff -- are formally reviewing treasury's decision to lift sanctions on three firms that were sanctioned for being owned or controlled by russian oligarch oleg deripaska. the decision raises key questions that the administration must answer. we've gone ahead and posted the full statement we got from the democratic spokesperson on the banking committee tonight. you can see it at our website at maddowblog.com. but the key insight here is that it's bipartisan. that both the democratic staff and the republican staff on the banking committee in the senate are working on this question of whether or not those sanctions really ought to have been reversed for oleg deripaska's companies.