Biden faces pressure from Republicans to stop Nord Stream 2

Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) speaks as Judge Merrick Garland testifies before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on his nomination to be US Attorney General on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on February 22, 2021. Republican Senator Ted Cruz put a hold on March 5 on the final confirmation of President Joe Biden’s Central Intelligence Agency director nominee William Burns and asked Biden to act swiftly against the controversial pipeline, according to Bloomberg. Biden, who publicly called the pipeline a “bad deal for Europe,” has so far resisted imposing new sanctions on entities involved in the construction of Nord Stream 2, even though U.S. lawmakers argued it would be the most effective way to stop Russian President Vladimir Putin.