The leaders of the House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Finance Committee announced Monday that they had struck a bipartisan deal to pass legislation that would ban the import of energy products from Russia.
Whether President Joe Biden, who has not committed to a ban on Russian oil, would sign the legislation remains unknown.
The agreement also calls for a suspension in normal trade relations with Russia and its ally Belarus.
At a news conference in Latvia on Monday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke about the United States’ commitment to NATO and Ukraine.
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