US Senators Say Agreement Reached with Trump on Russia Sanctions Bill
The measure would let Trump impose tariffs and sanctions on countries that keep buying Russian oil and gas, including China and India.
- On Friday, Senators Lindsey Graham, Roger Wicker, Richard Blumenthal, and Jeanne Shaheen announced an agreement with the Trump administration to advance updated legislation imposing sanctions on countries purchasing energy from Russia.
- Aiming to "exact a heavy price" on buyers of Russian oil and gas, lawmakers seek to penalize countries continuing business with Moscow, which they claim fuels the war machine of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
- Earlier proposals envisioned tariffs of up to 500 percent on imports from nations purchasing Russian energy products, potentially impacting major buyers like China and India.
- Renewed support from the Trump administration removes a significant legislative obstacle, as the bill previously struggled with lukewarm response from the White House.
- After meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Ankara, Trump has grown increasingly frustrated with Moscow's failure to end the conflict, urging Russia to "make a deal.
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Trump administration greenlights legislation to ‘exact a heavy price’ on buyers of Russian oil and gas
The bill, introduced by Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) last year, has already garnered the support of more than 80 senators but has languished on Capitol Hill as President Trump has repeatedly sought to negotiate an end to the four-year-long war.
Four Republican and Democratic Senators in the U.S. Senate announced Friday that they received the White House's agreement to promote in Congress new sanctions on hydrocarbons produced by Russia, blocked so far by Donald Trump, reports AFP.
Bipartisan senators announce agreement with Trump administration on Russia sanctions
Bipartisan senators announced an agreement with the Trump administration on Friday to move ahead with an updated Russia sanctions package, but it remains unclear if President Donald Trump will directly back the bill’s passage.
The Senate reached an agreement with the White House on the version of the bill on sanctions against Russia - GramSenator Lindsey Graham said that the version of the bill on sanctions against Russia was agreed with the White House. The document must provide President Trump has the tools to end the war.
Four US senators announced today that they reached an agreement with the federal administration on the adoption of an updated law on sanctions against Russia.
Trump OKs new tariffs on Russian oil in bid to end Ukraine war
The Trump administration will support a draft bill that would impose heavy financial penalties on purchasers of Russian oil, adding to economic pressure on Moscow, all in an effort to bring Russia’s four-year war on Ukraine to a close, sources told CBS News. Senators Graham and Blumenthal told CBS News that the Trump White House...
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