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U.S. Senate and House committees have agreed to include a bill sanctioning Russia’s new natural-gas pipeline to Europe into the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), putting up a potential roadblock to the project’s completion. The House and Senate are expected to vote later this month on the NDAA, which often becomes a vehicle for a range of policy initiatives, as it’s one of only a few pieces of major legislation that Congress approves each year. The proposal attached to the bill that addresses Nord Stream 2 would impose U.S. sanctions…