It need 60 votes to pass but did not, ended at 55-44. The vote went for 65.5 hours in the US Senate. (full story)

The Senate blocked a measure to impose new sanctions on the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from Russia to Germany after the Biden administration warned it could disrupt allied unity in the confrontation over Ukraine. The measure by Republican Senator Ted Cruz of Texas failed on a vote of 55 to 44. It needed 60 votes to pass. The vote was held open for several hours as Democrats grappled with a setback on unrelated voting rights legislation. “Russia has nakedly and unequivocally used energy as energy blackmail,” Cruz said Thursday on the Senate floor. President Vladimir Putin has done that “openly, brazenly and laughingly ... (full story)