washington/moscow/brussels u.s. lawmakers reach agreement wednesday pave way u.s. senate pass bill soon week impose new sanction russia bar president donald trump ease sanction moscow without congress approval early wednesday russia warn edge close retaliation washington house representatives back new u.s. sanction moscow european union say move might affect energy security stand ready act glad announce reach agreement allow us send sanction legislation president desk senator bob corker republican chairman u.s. senate foreign relations committee say statement wednesday even say senate would move approve sanction russia iran originally pass mid-june well sanction north korea develop house representatives include bill house pass overwhelmingly wednesday late agreement senators object north korea measure look like sanction bill already delay since mid-june could languish september bill pass senate expect would send white house trump sign law veto however expect garner enough support override trump veto house vote 419-3 tuesday impose new sanction moscow force trump obtain lawmakers approval ease punitive measure russia rather sad news point view russia-u.s. tie say dmitry peskov kremlin spokesman talk extremely unfriendly act say president vladimir putin would decide moscow would retaliate sanction become law russia deputy foreign minister warn move take bilateral relations uncharted water kill hop improve near future trump whose presidency embroil distract dispute associate allege tie moscow defensive accusations russia help elect last year say want mend relations russia languish post-cold war low trump deny collusion campaign russia white house watchers believe trump reluctantly sign new sanction give deep support among u.s. lawmakers desire avoid accuse soft moscow representative ed royce republican chairman house foreign affairs committee say trump would little choice senate pass version legislation without north korea sanction june 15 98-2 think president sign royce say nbc meet press daily wednesday issue rattle russia fear economy weaken 2014 western sanction impose role ukraine crisis find hard recover grow foreign investors could scar european union fret new u.s. restrictions could pose obstacles company business russia threaten bloc energy supply line kremlin allege interference 2016 u.s. presidential election one reason lawmakers push new sanction peskov say moscow would wait sanction become law fully analyze decide respond moscow hop trump make upbeat statements putin win white house would work repair u.s.-russia relationship watch frustration vote-meddling allegations kill hop detente russian foreign ministry say month many american spy operate russia diplomatic cover might expel retaliate expulsion 35 russian diplomats last year then-president barack obama administration many russian politicians increasingly believe trump political foes congress leave u.s. president little room maneuver russia nothing lose retaliate brussels european commission president jean-claude juncker say eu ready act within matter days felt new u.s. sanction undermine bloc energy security brussels fear new sanction damage european firm oil gas project eu dependent russia section bill include sanction range industries several provision target russian energy new limit u.s. investment russian company u.s. firm also would bar participate energy exploration project russian firm stake 33 percent high bill include sanction foreign firm invest help russian energy exploration although president could waive sanction bill would give trump administration option impose sanction firm help develop russian export pipelines nord stream pipeline carry natural gas europe german company involve concession ally sanction optional mandatory european commission say number eu concern take account recent version bill say could lead sanction company include european work russian energy export pipelines u.s. lawmakers reach deal senate russia sanction vote