Why Rep. Adam Kinzinger Is Raising ‘Holy Hell’ Over Russia

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    Rep Kinzinger is yet a POTUS Donnie cheerleader, albeit he cheers the actions and not the words, but is he still gonna go against the grain of the House leadership and be a thorn in the new “Russia is our friend” mentality – PB/TK

    Why Rep. Adam Kinzinger Is Raising ‘Holy Hell’ Over Russia – By Susan B. Glasser / June 26 2017

    For 70 years, a fundamental precept of the Republican Party has been a deep skepticism, if not outright hostility, toward Russia.

    Now, after biting their collective tongues during the opening months of Donald Trump’s presidency, congressional Republicans face an actual legislative test of whether their loyalty to their leader outweighs their fealty to their philosophy.

    Leading the forces for the latter is Illinois Congressman Adam Kinzinger, who says in a new interview for The Global Politico that he is prepared to wage a rebellion and raise “holy hell” in the face of new efforts by the White House and its allies to water down a bill enshrining into law tough sanctions on Vladimir Putin’s government. The measure—which passed overwhelmingly in the Senate—ran into trouble last week as Trump allies raised procedural roadblocks and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson complained the bill unduly ties the administration’s hands.

    Continue to politico.com article: http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/06/26/adam-kinzinger-russia-215309

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