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Congress noncommittal on Turkey sanctions

The House and several Republican senators are ready to move on a harsh Turkey sanctions package, but Senate leadership is more cautious.
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi takes part in a press conference about the College Affordability Act on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., October 15, 2019. REUTERS/Leah Millis - RC183C21BFA0

A bipartisan group of House lawmakers has deemed President Donald Trump’s sanctions on Turkey insufficient, signaling that they are ready to move ahead with their own sanctions bill to punish Turkey for its offensive against the Syrian Kurdish People’s Protection Units.

But any move to levy additional sanctions on Turkey could run afoul of skeptical Republicans — and one key Democrat — in the Senate.

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