{"id":1083573,"date":"2021-12-04T10:43:48","date_gmt":"2021-12-04T15:43:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1083573"},"modified":"2021-12-04T10:43:50","modified_gmt":"2021-12-04T15:43:50","slug":"cruz-pushes-to-reinstate-sanctions-on-russian-pipeline-biden-supports-in-exchange-for-nominee-approvals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cruz-pushes-to-reinstate-sanctions-on-russian-pipeline-biden-supports-in-exchange-for-nominee-approvals\/","title":{"rendered":"Cruz Pushes to Reinstate Sanctions on Russian Pipeline Biden Supports in Exchange for Nominee Approvals"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcruz-pushes-to-reinstate-sanctions-on-russian-pipeline-biden-supports-in-exchange-for-nominee-approvals%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1083573&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Russian-Nord-Stream-2-Pipeline-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">As President Joe Biden wages war against U.S. pipelines, he has supported the Russian Nord Stream 2 pipeline being built to export natural gas to Germany. This included lifting Trump era sanctions on the pipeline.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>And now Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) is using approving Biden nominees at the State Department and other agencies as leverage to get the administration to reimpose the sanctions given Russia\u2019s continued aggression toward Ukraine \u2014 which was passed over for the pipeline\u2019s route depriving the nation of lucrative transit revenues.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Russia has also beefed up it military presence at the Ukraine border and Ukrainian leaders are in favor of the sanctions.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>NBC reported:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"9\">\n<p>While the Biden administration and the German government have lobbied lawmakers against the sanctions, Ukraine has appealed publicly to Congress to press ahead with the measures, saying the nearly complete pipeline project will make Kyiv even more vulnerable to Moscow\u2019s pressure tactics.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The <em>Washington Post<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/03\/sen-ted-cruz-wants-sanction-natural-gas-pipeline-not-because-climate-change\/\">reported<\/a> on Cruz\u2019s move:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"25\">\n<p>To environmentalists, it might seem strange that Cruz wants to sanction a gas pipeline. Closer to home, Cruz has championed the U.S. fossil fuel industry and blasted the cancellation of the Keystone XL<b> <\/b>oil pipeline.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>But the move makes perfect sense to some Democrats and foreign policy experts, who say Cruz\u2019s maneuvering on Nord Stream 2 has less to do with concern about climate change, and more to do with geopolitical calculations involving Biden and Russia.<\/p>\n<p>When asked about the environmental consequences of the pipeline, Vasquez, Cruz\u2019s press secretary, said in an email: \u201cSen. Cruz has consistently discussed the potentially catastrophic environmental impacts of NS2, including constructing and maintaining a gigantic pipeline at the bottom of the Baltic Sea \u2014 which is littered with toxic war munitions. Those implications pale in comparison to the national security risks posed by NS2, including exposing Ukraine to potentially existential Russian military aggression.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>NBC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/national-security\/bidens-push-sanctions-russias-pipeline-puts-democrats-bind-rcna7263\">reported<\/a> on Biden\u2019s ongoing support for foreign pipelines:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"19\">\n<p>The administration in May defied Congress and suspended&nbsp;sanctions on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, citing the need to avoid upsetting relations with Germany and other European partners. Both Democrats and Republicans&nbsp;blasted&nbsp;the decision at the time, and the fallout continues to create headaches for the White House.<\/p>\n<p>Critics have long argued that the project would give Russian President Vladimir Putin a political weapon to use as leverage over European countries. The continent relies on Russia for about 40 percent of its natural gas supplies.<\/p>\n<p>Republican congressional aides said the Biden administration needed to revisit its stance given events in recent months, including Russia\u2019s moves in the energy market and its troop buildup on Ukraine\u2019s border.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAfter averting a government shutdown on Thursday evening, senators left town before taking up the NDAA that they had been haggling over all week,\u201d NBC reported.<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Penny Starr on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PennyStarrDC\">Twitter<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As President Joe Biden wages war against U.S. pipelines, he has supported the Russian Nord Stream 2 pipeline being built to export natural gas to Germany. 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