Thune blocks Johnson’s request to advance Georgia sanctions bill

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) turned down a idiosyncratic petition by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La) past period to beforehand a sanctions measure targeting pro-Russian, anti-Democratic officials successful the state of Georgia, according to 2 legislature aides. Johnson wanted to see the bill, called the Megobari Act, successful the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA),…