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‘So many loopholes’: Democratic House leader Jeffries flags concerns over Russia sanctions bill – US politics live

Global Published 17 September 2026, 15:26 · archived 17 Sep 2026

Jeffries said the legislation had ​so many loopholes that sanctions harming Russia might not be appliedHello and welcome to the US politics live blog.House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries said the Russia sanctions bill had “so many loopholes” as Congress passed the sweeping bill to give Donald Trump the power to raise tariffs on top buyers of Russian energy.Why in the world would this Congress give this president additional authority to visit that kind of economic harm on the American people?Donald Trump responded to the Federal Reserve’s unanimous decision on Wednesday to raise its benchmar...

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