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To: Sam who wrote (374481)	6/18/2018 9:32:54 PM
From: Sam	Respond to of 541957

Senate votes to block Trump's ZTE deal By Jordain Carney - 06/18/18 06:55 PM EDT The Senate moved to block President Trump's deal to save Chinese telecommunications giant ZTE despite pushback from the White House. Senators passed an annual defense policy bill on Monday that included a provision keeping in place the penalties against ZTE despite a deal reached earlier this month by the Trump administration. In addition to keeping the Commerce Department penalties in place, the bill bans government agencies from buying or leasing telecommunications equipment and services from ZTE and Chinese telecom firm Huawei, as well as banning the government from providing loans to or subsidizing either company. The provision — spearheaded by Sens. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) — sparked backlash from the White House, which is signaling it will try to remove it from the final bill. “The Administration will work with Congress to ensure the final NDAA conference report respects the separation of powers.” said Hogan Gidley, a deputy press secretary for the White House. continues at thehill.com [I don't think the WH knows what the "separation of powers" means. Just like wingers don't know what a "republic" is in contrast to a "democracy". But they all love to lecture people on the constitution, lol.]