Sen. Bernie Sanders Thursday called on lawmakers to go on record accepting the assessment of the U.S. intelligence community that Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election.

"If President Trump won't confront Putin about interference in our elections and his destabilizing policies, Congress must act. Tweets and speeches are fine, but we need more from Republican senators now," said Sanders, I-Vermont. "If their leadership won't allow votes on this extraordinarily important matter, then my Republican colleagues must join with Democrats to make it happen or all of their words are worthless."

In addition to accepting intelligence assessments, Sanders' resolution calls for lawmakers to aggressively protect the U.S. election systems from foreign interference, demand that Russian sanctions approved last year be fully implemented, to not accept interference with the special counsel investigation, and declares that the president must cooperate with the investigation of the special counsel.

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, said Sanders and other Democrats' hatred of the president was the primary reason for the resolution.

"Trump derangement syndrome has officially come to the Senate. The hatred for the president is so intense that partisans would rather risk war than give diplomacy a chance," Paul said.

He said the U.S. should not "stick its head in the sand" when it comes to the opportunity to open dialogue with Russia.

The resolution was one of several brought by lawmakers, including one brought by Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Arizona.