KEILAR: This just in to CNN. A key Senate vote has just wrapped up. This was a Democratic-led effort to head off the Trump administration from dropping sanctions on some Russians. And our Manu Raju is on Capitol Hill. Manu, tell us what happened here.</s>MANU RAJU, CNN SENIOR CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Yes. Senate Republicans blocked a Democratic-led effort to reimpose sanctions on companies linked to a Russian oligarch, Oleg Deripaska. Deripaska is a close ally of Vladimir Putin. His firm had been hit by sanctions by the Treasury Department last year. Since then, he had worked behind the scenes with the Treasury Department to rearrange the structure his shares in the firm. And in December, the Treasury Department decided not to move forward with those sanctions. As a result, Democrats tried to move forward and tried to ensure those sanctions stayed in place and pushed for a vote that just occurred on the Senate floor to try to prevent the Treasury Department from easing those sanctions. In a vote that just happened, it was 57 to 42, meaning they fell three votes shy of the 60 that they needed to break a filibuster and move forward on this effort. And 11 Republicans broke ranks and joined the Democrats, because of their concerns about Deripaska, concerns that he may get wealthier from this deal. But nevertheless, the Trump administration moving behind the scenes to shore up Republican support and try to kill this effort. But still, Brianna, watch for the House Democrats to move on this as soon as tomorrow. This is a symbolic rebuke of what the Trump administration is doing here -- Brianna?</s>KEILAR: Manu Raju, on Capitol Hill for that, thank you. And with the 2020 race under way, there's mounting pressure on Bernie Sanders to avoid another presidential run, as fellow Senator and Democratic candidate, Kirsten Gillibrand, puts gender at the heart of her pitch to voters. And we're staying on top of stunning request from the House speaker to the president: Either reschedule the State of the Union or deliver it in writing to Congress is the shutdown continues. How will the president respond?
Some Republicans Join Democratic-Led Vote to Stop Administration from Easing Sanctions on Russians