WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Senate advanced sweeping Russian energy sanctions legislation on Tuesday as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited the Capitol, seeing the vote as a tribute to the bill's author, the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, on the day of his funeral.
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All 100 senators have been invited to a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky Tuesday evening at 6 p.m. in the U.S. Capitol, multiple sources confirmed to The Hill. The meeting was originally reported by Punchbowl News.
The Senate is expected to vote on whether to pass the legislation on Wednesday, but voted Tuesday in a 86-12 split to end debate on the legislation and invoke cloture.
By Patricia Zengerle, Richard Cowan and Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON, July 28 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate advanced sweeping Russian energy sanctions legislation on Tuesday as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy visited the Capitol, seeing the vote as a tribute to the bill's author, the late Senato…
By Patricia Zengerle and Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON, July 28 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate will begin voting on sweeping Russian energy sanctions legislation on Tuesday as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy visits the Capitol, seeing the vote as a tribute to the bill's author, the late Senator Li…
The Senate overwhelmingly approved a bipartisan sanctions package targeting Russia and Iran on Tuesday, passing the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026 by an 86-12 vote just hours after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with lawmakers on Capitol Hill and attended the f…
Senators capped off a day of tributes to their late colleague Lindsey Graham by advancing a sanctions bill he spent his final week of life negotiating.
In a massive show of bipartisanship, 86 senators voted to move forward with a Russia and Iran sanctions bill that had been championed by the late Sen. Lindsey Graham . Why it matters: The vote came hours after senators gathered to honor Graham's memory, and immediately following a closed-door meetin…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate took the first steps toward passage of a sweeping Russian sanctions bill on Tuesday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Capitol, moving forward on the legislation to penalize countries that continue to buy Russian oil, gas and other exports after more tha…
"It's not only about money that help Russia wage its war, but it's also a big signal to Europe, Ukraine, and our people, so I'm very thankful," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
The Senate, in a rare bipartisan vote Tuesday night, advanced a bill that would impose harsher sanctions on Russia and buyers of Russian oil and gas than the U.S. has previously enforced and extend existing sanctions on Iran, aiming to economically squeeze the two countries amid ongoing military con…
The Senate took the first steps toward passage of a sweeping Russian sanctions bill on Tuesday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy watching from the Senate Gallery.
Lindsey Graham’s final act as a U.S. senator was securing a deal with the White House on a Russia sanctions package. On Tuesday, that bill took its first step toward becoming reality. The Senate on Tuesday overcame its first procedural hurdle to advance a sanctions package on Russia and Iran, a rare…
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Senate advanced sweeping Russian energy sanctions legislation on Tuesday as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited the Capitol, seeing the vote as a tribute to the bill's author, the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, on the day of his funeral.
WASHINGTON — Senators on Tuesday announced a breakthrough in a long-stalled bipartisan effort to advance sweeping sanctions against Russia, paving the way for an evening test vote on the compromise bill after the Washington funeral of Sen. Lindsey Graham, its main champion.
The US Senate delivered one of its strongest bipartisan endorsements of Ukraine since President Donald Trump returned to office, voting 86-12 on July 28 to advance sweeping legislation aimed at tightening economic pressure on Russia and Iran.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is greeted, from left, by Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho, and Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., as he arrives to meet with senators in the Capitol on Tuesday.
Long-awaited legislation that would allow President Donald Trump to impose more restrictions on major buyers of Russian energy, as well as Iran, received overwhelming bipartisan support in clearing a key Senate hurdle late Tuesday.
President Trump on Wednesday issued a new demand for lawmakers to amend a Russia sanctions bill and grant him authorities to tariff Iran, likely complicating the legislation's path forward as it heads to a vote in the House.
