WASHINGTON, January 13 & nbsp;/TASS /. The Senate of the US Congress on & nbsp; Thursday rejected the proposed by Republican Ted Cruise (from the & nbsp; Texas) bill on & nbsp; sanctions against Nord Stream & nbsp; & mdash; 2 ''. The vote was broadcast on the & nbsp; website of the upper house of the American legislature.
The senator's initiative failed to & nbsp; get the required 60 votes for & nbsp; approval.
The Politico newspaper previously reported that the & nbsp; Senate most likely will not & nbsp; approve this initiative. According to the & nbsp; edition, the Democrats, who spoke out in & nbsp; support for new restrictions in & nbsp; regarding the gas pipeline, “ signaled about & nbsp; a change in their position. '' In & nbsp; in particular, on & nbsp; Monday, US Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland and & nbsp; Senior US State Department Energy Security & nbsp; Amos Hoxtin met with & nbsp; Democratic Senators to convince them & nbsp; not & nbsp; not & nbsp;