Sen. Manchin is teaming up with Sen. Murkowski and other Republicans on legislation that would block the U.S. government and American companies from importing any Russian crude oil or petroleum, according to a one-page draft obtained by NBCNews.
but several senators signaled that they are interested in backing the measure.
“It is so obviously apparent that we need to cut it off. I wonder if there’s a reason we haven’t [and] what the hell the reason is.”Pressed about a potential Russia oil embargo, President Joe Biden replied Wednesday: “Nothing is off the table.” Rising inflation and high gas prices have been key concerns for Biden and the Democrats as they try to defend their fragile majorities in the House and the Senate during the November midterm elections. In his State of the Union address Tuesday night, Biden announced that the U.S. was working with 30 other nations to“These steps will help blunt gas prices here at home,” Biden said.
While Democrats remain splintered, Republicans are unified behind such a blockade, raising the issue this week in news conferences, cable TV appearances and interviews in the Capitol. “What we need to do is open up more production in America so that we can undermine Putin’s ability to provide the world with oil,” said Scalise, who hails from the big energy-producing state of Louisiana.
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