Sen. Marco Rubio wants Majority Leader
Harry Reid to bypass one of his vulnerable incumbent Democrats in a bid to
impose sanctions on Venezuela. The Florida Republican sent a letter to Reid
calling for the Nevada Democrat to use his prerogatives as leader to get a
sanctions bill to the floor. Sen. Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., opposed granting
unanimous consent to advance the measure before the August break. “You were
quoted in July saying that you support bipartisan legislation to sanction the
Venezuelan officials responsible, yet in the two months since, the heart
wrenching stories of savage violence from the Maduro government have worsened
while Congressional action has only stalled,” Rubio wrote in Thursday’s letter
to Reid. More…
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