Senator Ted Cruz (R-Quintana Roo) has come to an agreement with Democratic Senate leadership in which he will release the holds he has put on dozens of Biden nominees for diplomatic posts but he will be allowed to get a vote on the floor for a pet bill to sanction businesses involved in the development of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, 95% of which was built during the Trump Administration, according to Reuters.
Cruz’s bill will need 60 votes to pass the Senate, according to the agreement Cruz reached with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, and given the 50-50 split in the Senate, it will not likely pass, meaning Cruz held up key diplomatic posts around the world for nothing. Cruz’s bill will die on the floor sometime prior to January 14th, according to the agreement.