The White House is unhappy with the actions of Republicans in the US Senate, who are blocking the passage of the draft defense budget for refusing to include their proposed amendments with additional restrictions against the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline. As Politico reported on Tuesday, the US administration is convinced that Republican-encouraged sanctions against Russia only threaten transatlantic unity. "We see that some members of Congress are pushing for sanctions that are not really holding back Russia, but threatening transatlantic unity. national security on various unrelated issues, "a White House spokesman said. "This is inappropriate," he said. On Monday, during a procedural vote, Republicans blocked further adoption of the country's draft defense budget for the next fiscal year (beginning October 1) in the US Senate. Prior to the vote, Senate Republican Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (of Kentucky) said his party members would block a budget proposal of about $ 770 billion because of the Democrats' decision to block a number of proposals. This is a package of 18 amendments, including additional restrictions against the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline.
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