Legislative Session
The Senate debated the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act, which would impose sanctions aimed at stopping countries from buying Russian oil and gas, cutting off revenue that funds Russia’s war in Ukraine. Supporters from both parties, including Senators Britt, Shaheen, Blumenthal, Cornyn, and Darline Graham (Senator Graham’s sister), said the measure would squeeze Putin’s war machine and that Ukraine’s president had asked for it; Britt said it gives the administration tools to help end the war, and Cornyn pointed to Russian energy exports as the funding source. Senator Paul opposed a provision in the bill, calling it the largest tax increase passed by a Republican Congress and an unconstitutional transfer of taxing power from Congress to the executive branch, and offered an amendment to remove it; Blumenthal replied that the amendment would gut the bill’s purpose of imposing tariffs on countries buying Russian energy. The amendment failed, and the Senate then passed the bill by a vote of 86 to 11.Written by AI from the debate. Updated .
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