Democrats responded angrily to the decision from OPEC, the dictator-led cartel, Wednesday to cut production while the White House moved forward with sanctions relief for Venezuela.
"There still is, in my view, an opportunity to persuade the Saudis that you're making a gigantic mistake here — and I hope the administration will be aggressive about it," Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., told Politico."We have an opportunity and an obligation to use the leverage available. We have agency here. And we should use it."
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its Russian counterpart announced a massive production cut of 2 million barrels of oil per day on Wednesday. "Just in case you haven’t noticed, our policy of sanctioning and isolating Maduro hasn’t worked," Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., tweeted Thursday."At some point when your policy isn’t getting results, it’s malpractice to not try something else."
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