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That tough sanctions bill against russia passed the congress in 2017. passed the house by a vote of 419-3. that was just two years ago in 2017. well, this week the house of representatives held another vote on russia. and this follows president trump repeatedly insisting in recent weeks and months that russia should get back into the g-7. russia got kicked out of the g-7 when they invaded ukraine and took a part of ukraine that's called crimea for themselves, made it part of russia. that state of affairs of course still stands. that hasn't gotten any better, but president trump has nevertheles...

State rex tillerson august 2017 announcing his profound displeasure at the fact that congress had voted to impose sanctions against russia for them interfering in our 2016 presidential election. despite his profound displeasure about it, not only did that bill sanction russia, it prohibited president trump from waiving or reducing those sanctions himself without first getting overt permission from congress to do so. so that was a sanctions bill that had some real teeth to it. and what makes that vote all the more remarkable now looking back at it is the margin by which that tough sanctions bil...