The Senate on Tuesday is expected to begin setting up votes on a long-awaited sanctions bill aimed at hobbling Russia's war effort in Ukraine. The bill, named for the late Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, is a package of sanctions and tariff authority targeting Russian oil sales.
Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn, along with Sens. Darline Graham, R-S.C., Katie Britt, R-Ala., Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H, Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Jim Risch, R-Idaho, announced on Tuesday they had reached a deal to combine the Russia sanctions package with sanctions on Iran.
The bill includes sweeping sets of sanctions aimed at Russia and the enablers of its war effort.
