Senate GOP blocks move to pass Turkey sanctions bill

Published October 17, 2019 6:08pm ET



Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer asked fellow lawmakers to voice vote approval of a bill to impose new sanctions on Turkey, which has invaded Syria and attacked America’s Kurdish allies after President Trump withdrew U.S. troops from the region.

“There is no quicker or more powerful way to pressure the president to reverse the damage he has caused than to pass a bipartisan joint resolution directly to his desk,” Schumer, D-New York, argued on the Senate floor.

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