{"id":1208352,"date":"2022-01-11T14:34:35","date_gmt":"2022-01-11T19:34:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1208352"},"modified":"2022-01-11T14:34:45","modified_gmt":"2022-01-11T19:34:45","slug":"democrats-who-backed-nord-stream-2-sanctions-suddenly-reverse-positions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-who-backed-nord-stream-2-sanctions-suddenly-reverse-positions\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats Who Backed Nord Stream 2 Sanctions Suddenly Reverse Positions"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fdemocrats-who-backed-nord-stream-2-sanctions-suddenly-reverse-positions%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=1208352&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--><p>Several Senate Democrats have quickly reversed their previous positions on whether to sanction the Russian-built Nord Stream 2 pipeline in light of President Joe Biden\u2019s agenda.<\/p>\n<p>The Democratic lawmakers have backtracked in recent days as a floor vote on a sanctions bill forced by Republican Sen. Ted Cruz approaches. In December, Cruz, who has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cruz.senate.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/sen-cruz-biden-administration-is-enabling-putin-to-complete-construction-of-nord-stream-2-pipeline\">blocked<\/a> several State Department and Treasury Department nominations over the issue, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/newsletters\/national-security-daily\/2022\/01\/03\/how-dems-could-sabotage-cruzs-nord-stream-2-gambit-495573\">brokered a deal<\/a> with Democrats to release nominees in exchange for a vote by Jan. 14 on his bill reimposing Trump-era sanctions on the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/12\/08\/joe-biden-nord-stream-2-russia-ukraine-energy-policy\/\">Russia-to-Germany pipeline<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But the White House has scrambled to ensure Democrats who previously supported sanctions don\u2019t vote in favor of Cruz\u2019s bill, Politico <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/01\/10\/biden-administration-hill-democrats-russia-sanctions-526864\">reported<\/a>. Secretary of State Antony Blinken <a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/nord-stream-2-and-european-energy-security\/\">announced<\/a> the U.S. would <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/18\/joe-biden-nord-stream-2-russia-vladimir-putin-antony-blinken\/\">waive<\/a> sanctions placed on the pipeline in May.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt this point it\u2019s very important, as we\u2019re looking at potential Russian action in Ukraine, for us to work very closely with our allies, and Germany is one of those very important allies,\u201d Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen said Monday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/nord-stream-2-pipeline-in-the-senate-russia-ted-cruz-chuck-schumer-vladimir-putin-joe-biden-11641852884\">according<\/a> to The Wall Street Journal. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/01\/10\/rand-paul-republicans-ted-cruz-nord-stream-2-pipeline-sanctions-biden-administration\/\">(RELATED: \u2018Superficially About National Security\u2019: Rand Paul Breaks With GOP On Nord Stream 2 Sanctions)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Shaheen, though, has advocated for the sanctions proposed by Cruz and even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cruz.senate.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/sens-cruz-shaheen-and-146s-bipartisan-bill-imposing-sanctions-for-involvement-in-russia-and-146s-nord-stream-2-pipeline-advances-out-of-committee\">co-sponsored<\/a> a bill with the Texas Republican in 2019. After the bipartisan legislation, the Protecting Europe\u2019s Energy Security Act, was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/116th-congress\/senate-bill\/1441\">approved<\/a> by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in 2019, Shaheen said Nord Stream 2 was \u201canother means by which Russia can spread its malign influence by exploiting Europe\u2019s energy dependence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, she said the bill was \u201cill-timed,\u201d the WSJ reported.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7350581\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7350581\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz talks to reporters as he arrives at the U.S. Capitol on Monday. (Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>At least eight other Democrats on the committee, including current Chairman Bob Menendez and Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy, joined Shaheen in supporting the bill which the panel passed in a 20-2 vote on July 31, 2019. The only members who voted against the bill in committee were Democratic Sen. Tom Udall and Republican Sen. Rand Paul, Reuters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-usa-senate-nord-stream-2-idUSKCN1UQ22D\">reported<\/a> at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Paul <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/01\/10\/rand-paul-republicans-ted-cruz-nord-stream-2-pipeline-sanctions-biden-administration\/\">reiterated<\/a> his opposition to economic sanctions on the pipeline, arguing such measures are often ineffective or counterproductive in an editorial Monday.&nbsp;In recent weeks, both Menendez and Murphy have also emerged as vocal opponents of Cruz\u2019s attempt to reimpose sanctions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is not good policy for the United States Senate to allow Ted Cruz to break us from our transatlantic partners in the middle of a delicate negotiation over the future of US-Russia, and Europe-Russia policy,\u201d Murphy said, CNN <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/01\/10\/politics\/nord-stream-pipeline-democrats-reaction-cruz\/index.html\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Menendez proposed a competing bill that would only reimpose sanctions on the pipeline if Russia invades Ukraine rather than immediately, according to CNN. The bill is expected to receive a vote before Cruz\u2019s legislation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a strong message to Putin \u2014 much better than the Cruz approach,\u201d Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin said, signaling support for Menendez\u2019s version.<\/p>\n<p>Shaheen, Menendez and Murphy didn\u2019t immediately respond to requests for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several Senate Democrats have quickly reversed their previous positions on whether to sanction the Russian-built Nord Stream 2 pipeline in light of President Joe Biden\u2019s agenda.The Democratic lawmakers have backtracked &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1208352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1208352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1208352"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1208352\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1208352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1208352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1208352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}