His. Ted CruzRafael (Ted) Edward Cruz DeSantis, Pence tied in 2024 Republican poll Democrats under pressure to hand over workers’ “litmus test” bill. Crenshaw pours cold water on the 2024 White House proposal: “Something will come up” MORE (R-Texas) held on President Biden
Joe Biden: Senate has the longest vote in history as Democrats fight to save a relief bill Former Trump nominee arrested in Capitol Revolt complains he won’t be able to sleep in jail. Biden helps negotiate in the Senate with MORE unemployment benefitsThe candidate to lead the CIA in an attempt to get the administration to act against Russia’s Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project.
Cruz confirmed the move on Friday and said on Twitter: “I will leave my reservation when the Biden administrator fulfills his legal obligation to inform and sanction the ships and companies that build Putin’s gas pipeline. Follow the law. Leave to be smooth with Russia. # NordStream2 “.
I will release my reservation when the Biden administrator fulfills his legal obligation to inform and sanction the ships and companies that build Putin’s pipeline.
Follow the law.
Stop being soft with Russia.
# NordStream2 https://t.co/UifxAj1cuk– Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) March 5, 2021
The move was first reported by Bloomberg News. The suspension will delay Biden’s nomination and candidacy, William BurnsWilliam BurnsCIA formed a working group to address alleged microwave attacks The Hill’s Morning Report – Presented by The AIDS Institute – Ahead: vax one-shot, easing restrictions and fiscal aid Biden chooses danger in 50-50 Senate MORE, is expected to be finally confirmed.
The Hill has contacted Cruz’s office for further comments.
The Senate Intelligence Committee advanced unanimously Burns’ candidacy for the full Senate on Tuesday.
Russian energy company Gazprom plans to finish the pipeline in September after a year of delay imposed by sanctions, according to Reuters.
The media noted that lawmakers on both sides think about 15 ships are helping build the pipeline, but the State Department only pointed to one ship for sanctions in a report to Congress last month.
Following the report, White House press secretary Jen PsakiJen Psaki Night Defense: The White House Open to Reform of War Powers | An army base could house migrant children Fauci scolds military over Hillicon Valley vaccine: China involved in Microsoft infringement | The White House adds a critic of Big Tech QAnon was not baffled after false predictions Facilities with migrant children may temporarily return to pre-pandemic levels: MORE official he said during a press briefing last month, the administration continued to “supervise the activity to complete or certify the pipeline and, if it occurs, the applicability of the sanctions will be determined.”
Forty Republican senators he wrote a letter in Biden on March 3, urging the administration to impose more sanctions, saying that “the administration’s failure to identify and impose new sanctions indicates its willingness to allow President Putin to gain control over gas supplies. ‘Europe and increase its geopolitical leverage.’
Cruz has put pressure on other Biden candidates over the pipeline. More recently, the Texas senator confronted Wendy Sherman, Biden’s candidate for deputy secretary of state, during his confirmation hearing Thursday before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.