But right now the Senate has passed pretty good sanctions, I'd still want more. The Houses bottle them up, Senate pass them 98 to two, every set of Republican had two vote against -- almost everybody in both parties in the Senate was for this. But the House is bottling it up. The White House is opposing it.
Begala discusses the bipartisan support for sanctions against Russia in the Senate and criticizes the House and the White House for obstructing progress.
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