Bloomberg: Democrats in the U.S. Senate blocked the adoption of new sanctions against Syria
Bloomberg: Democrats in the U.S. Senate blocked the adoption of new sanctions against Syria TASS, 9 Jan. Democrats in the U.S. Senate blocked consideration of the bill on new sanctions against Syria. On Wednesday the Agency Bloomberg. According to him, in a procedural vote just 56 senators voted for the bill with the necessary 60 votes, 46 voted against. It is noted that many Democrats have said they will not vote for consideration of documents not related to the overcoming of the so-called shutdown — partial suspension of Federal government due to the lack of budget funds. As informs Bloomberg, the bill provided for the imposition of sanctions against the entities cooperating with the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, in particular, in the field of supply of spare parts for planes and oil products trade. “Shutdown” in the United States is available from 22 December. It happened due to