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Ahead. what would this decidingation mean? >> this would allow the president to have greater authority to sanction additional russian entities for doing things that constitute an aggressor state. what that means and how it's laid out in the draft proposal we obtained is basically things lining undermining ukraine's territorial sovereignty, interfering with its democracy, and all things that it's done. there's a lot of debate whether that's the best way to hold russia accountable. it is fundamentally a compromise that the administration is making with lawmakers, who actually wanted to see the a...

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America interests. >> reporter: this comes as $45 billion in aid to ukraine has been rolled into the larger $1.7 trillion bill to keep the government open. ind kate, that bill could pass the senate, and over to the house, where they're whipping over the bill. >> a critical juncture, and as you perfectly laid out, a really historic moment will play out this evening, and a surprise to many of us that it's even hatching. with this visit as the backdrop, there's new cnn reporting that the white house and democratic lawmakers have been working for months on a more to formally designate russia as ...

Terrorism, and -- therefore, you know, have the united states phase out those sanctions in order to incentivize russia to do that. there's a lot of questions swirls about whether president zelenskyy, when he comes to congress tonight, will endorse this idea. lawmakers are waiting, and nancy pelosi in particular is waiting to see whether he does that. if she does, we're told this could be introduced by her as a stand-alone bill and russia could be designated as this aggressor state. >> tasha, great reporting, thanks so much. joining me is david sanger, a white house and national security corr...

White House and Democratic lawmakers eye new 'aggressor state' label for Russia