{"id":76805,"date":"2018-07-16T21:11:25","date_gmt":"2018-07-16T21:11:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/07\/16\/in-helsinki-backlash-democrats-target-sanctions-loophole-for-allies-buying-russian-arms\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T23:43:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T23:43:17","slug":"in-helsinki-backlash-democrats-target-sanctions-loophole-for-allies-buying-russian-arms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2018\/07\/16\/in-helsinki-backlash-democrats-target-sanctions-loophole-for-allies-buying-russian-arms\/","title":{"rendered":"In Helsinki backlash, Democrats target sanctions loophole for US allies buying Russian arms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 After President Donald Trump\u2019s stunning press conference Monday beside Russian President Vladimir Putin, U.S. lawmakers of both parties quickly rebuked Trump for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/07\/16\/trump-questions-us-intel-not-putin-on-russia-2016-meddling\/\" target=_blank>embracing<\/a> Putin\u2019s assertion that Russia did not interfere in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But beyond messaging, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., called on Republicans to take action, to ratchet up sanctions on Russian defense and intelligence services \u2014 and to abandon efforts to enact a \u201cspecial rule,\u201d favored by the Pentagon, that would allow the Trump administration to waive some penalties on U.S. allies for buying Russian weapons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was part of the avalanche of criticism for Trump after he sided with Putin over U.S. intelligence agencies and his national security advisers, whose consensus view is Russia attacked the U.S. elections. \u201cThey said, \u2018I think it is Russia.\u2019 I have President Putin. He just said it is not Russia,\u201d Trump said in Helsinki.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Detailing actions he says Republican colleagues must take to remedy the damage, Schumer called the summit, \u201can insult to all Americans: Democrats, Republicans, independents. We have to stand up together to push back.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf we wait much longer, our global alliances will fracture, the institutions we created in the wake of World War II will crumble, our allies will consider abandoning us to China and others \u2014 and Putin\u2019s Russia will emerge stronger,\u201d Schumer said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Democrats are eyeing language from the House-passed 2019 National Defense Authorization Act that would afford more flexibility to waive sanctions required by the Countering America\u2019s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act, which Congress overwhelmingly passed last year. The Senate-passed bill did not have a corresponding provision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Schumer\u2019s remarks threw a spotlight on negotiations between the House and Senate as they work out various differences in their competing versions of the bills behind closed doors. Lawmakers and their staffs are rushing the effort, aiming to wrap up before the end of July, though it\u2019s unclear they will.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2018\/04\/26\/top-three-takeaways-from-mattis-on-capitol-hill\/\" target=_blank>asked<\/a> lawmakers to permit special national security exemptions for U.S. allies who are buying Russian systems but intend to eventually stop, citing India, Vietnam and Indonesia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mattis told lawmakers in April that he wanted the ability to appeal to the secretary of state when it\u2019s in the country\u2019s interest to waive Russian sanctions. &#8220;Then we get an internal management of this process, but it keeps us from being boxed in by the Russians,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Democrats are argue the proposed fix is over-broad and would just give Trump the power to undo 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