[dragonwriter]

> And all of this over a very partisan domestic feud about supposed Russian interference in the 2016 election

The majority party in the Congress that adopted the sanctions is the same as the one of the President who allegedly benefitted from the interference. And national security officials in that same Presidential administration have described the Russian interference as something that happened in 2016 and can be expected to continue.

Blaming the sanctions on a domestic “partisan feud” is incorrect.

[cryptonector]

My impression is that Republicans voted for that bill because they were afraid that voting no would be used against them as proof that they were in cahoots with the Russians. I think that's at least a tenable interpretation.