The nearly completed Nord Stream 2 is again in focus. It has become known that the U.S. Senate on January 13 failed to pass a bill to slap sanctions on Russia’s Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline sponsored by Republican Senato
The bill was sponsored by Republican Senator Ted Cruz, who said sanctions were the only way to stop a Russian invasion of Ukraine. Democrats claim the legislation would have harmed US relations with Germany.
Biden's party had long opposed the link between Russia and Germany, claiming it would make Western Europe a hostage. Despite consistently criticizing the Nord Stream 2 project, for many years, American Democrats are reportedly planning to derail.
A year-long dispute in Washington over how best to respond to a Russia-to-Germany gas pipeline that has attracted bipartisan opposition in Congress is coming to a head, as the Senate prepares to vote on a new sanctions bill opposed by the Biden administration.
A year-long dispute in Washington over how best to respond to a Russia-to-Germany gas pipeline that has attracted bipartisan opposition in Congress is coming to a head, as the Senate prepares to vote on a new sanctions bill opposed by the Biden administration.