senate majority leader Harry Reid urged Republicans to consider "how their #obstruction affects US' national security as well as the people of Ukraine" and said their #delay of any congressional action "sent a dangerous message to Russian leaders." "Since a few Republicans blocked these important sanctions last work period, Russian lawmakers voted to annex Crimea and Russian forces have taken over Ukrainian military bases" http://news.yahoo.com/reid-says-gop-may-helped-russia-annex-crimea-195810103.html