"Desperate times": The US Congress explained why sanctions are not imposed against

To spread: The US Congress has a "great desire" to impose new sanctions against Russia and the time has come. However, additional restrictions will not impose without the consent of US President Donald Trump, the speaker of the House of Representatives Mike Johnson said in an interview with CBS News. "I really believe that desperate times require desperate measures, and I believe that the corresponding sanctions against Russia have long been ripe.

I mean that Congress is a great desire to do it, so we are ready to cooperate with the White House and our Senate colleagues in the House of Representatives. " At the same time, he stressed that Congress "cannot do so" because the president will have to sign it and "approve it as a law. " "It should be a partnership, but we obey the commander -in -chief. I mean that the president is a strong and bold leader on the world stage.