An influential group of Republican and
Democratic U.S. senators will file sweeping legislation on Wednesday to address
the crisis in Venezuela, including sanctioning individuals responsible for
undermining democracy or involved in corruption, Senate aides said. The bill
would provide $10 million in humanitarian aid to the struggling country, require
the State Department to coordinate a regional effort to ease the crisis, and
ask U.S. intelligence to report on the involvement of Venezuelan government
officials in corruption and the drug trade, according to a copy seen by
Reuters. It also calls on President Donald Trump to take all necessary steps to
prevent Rosneft, Russia's state oil company, from gaining control of any U.S.
energy infrastructure. More…
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