,,iii  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #ehh  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #bd1
 #bjah ,mr4 ,merkley submitted the      
following resolution2 which was referred
 to the ,committee on ,foreign          
,relations  ,,resolution  ,expressing   
the sense of the ,senate regarding the  
need for transparency regarding meetings
 between ,president ,donald ,j4 ,trump  
and ,russian ,president ,vladimir       
,putin4  ,whereas it is the unanimous   
conclusion of the ,united ,states       
intelligence community that the         
,government of the ,russian ,federation 
interfered in the #bjaf ,presidential   
election1 at the direction of ,russian  
,president ,vladimir ,putin1 to advance 
the candidacy of then-candidate ,donald 
,j4 ,trump2 ,whereas ,president ,trump  
has repeatedly cast doubt on            
intelligence community conclusions      
regarding ,russia's attacks during the  
#bjaf election and suggested at his     
,helsinki press conference1 as he has in

 previous statements1 that he believes  
,president ,putin's denials despite     
evidence to the contrary2 ,whereas      
,president ,trump and individuals       
associated with his #bjaf ,presidential 
campaign remain subjects of an ongoing  
investigation led by ,special ,counsel  
,robert ,s4 ,mueller ,,iii relating to  
,russia's efforts to interfere in the   
#bjaf ,united ,states ,presidential     
election1 an investigation which has    
yielded #cb indictments and #e guilty   
pleas to date2 ,whereas ,president      
,trump reportedly personally requested  
that his meeting at the ,july #af1      
#bjah1 ,helsinki ,summit with ,president
 ,putin be one-on-one and excluded other
 ,united ,states officials2 and         
,whereas1 since the ,helsinki ,summit1  
,president ,trump and ,president ,putin 
alluded to oral agreements they made1   
the specifics of which have not been    
made known publicly3 ,now1 therefore1 be
 it  ,that it is the sense of the       
,senate that-- 7#a7 ,president ,trump   

should not meet with ,president ,putin  
or any official of the ,russian         
,federation without another senior      
,united ,states official present2 and   
7#b7 the ,president1 or a designee of   
the ,president1 should within #g days   
report to ,congress1 in the appropriate 
setting1 on the substance of ,president 
,trump's meeting with ,president ,putin1
 including any agreements or commitments
 made on behalf of the ,united ,states4