Congress should decide, not the president alone

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   Congress passed the Graham Act; one president shouldn’t be able to switch off its core sanctions on his own.

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     Even Republican senators have criticised the waiver and called for an investigation.

     • ABC News: Trump signs order waiving Graham Act sanctions on Russia (abcnews.com)
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   An existing law already requires congressional review of significant changes to Russia sanctions.

   • Council on Foreign Relations: Trump’s Russian diesel deal, explained (cfr.org)

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     The timing suggests the decision is driven by fuel prices before the midterm elections rather than by a strategy for Ukraine.

     • Al Jazeera: US inflation rises before midterm elections, fuelling rate hike fears (aljazeera.com)
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