
House passes bill to suspend normal trade relations with Russia
CNN
The House of Representatives passed a bill Thursday to suspend normal trade relations with Russia, the latest effort by US lawmakers to inflict economic pain on the Kremlin for its unprovoked and brutal invasion of Ukraine.
The legislation will next head to the Senate.
The bill also suspends normal trade relations with Belarus in addition to Russia. It has bipartisan support and was introduced by House Ways and Means Chairman Richard Neal, a Massachusetts Democrat, along with the panel's ranking member Kevin Brady, a Texas Republican.

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