01/07/2026
Sen. Lindsey Graham said Wednesday after meeting with President Donald Trump that the Senate could vote as soon as next week to impose new sanctions aimed at pressuring Russia to end its war with Ukraine.
“After a very productive meeting today with President Trump on a variety of issues, he greenlit the bipartisan Russia sanctions bill that I have been working on for months with Senator [Richard] Blumenthal and many others,” Graham (R-S.C.) said in a statement, referring to the Connecticut Democrat who coauthored the long-stalled legislation.
Asked about Graham’s remarks, a White House official said Trump supports the legislation. Graham said a Senate vote would take place “hopefully as early as next week.”
Graham and Senate Republican leaders have been working with the White House for months to try to reach an agreement on a final version of the legislation — and this isn’t the first time Graham has declared that his bill could soon move, for it to only stall out again.
The legislation would place secondary sanctions on countries such as China and India that buy oil and gas from Russia in a bid to cut off the cash flow for President Vladimir Putin’s war machine.
“Ukraine is making concessions for peace and Putin is all talk, continuing to kill the innocent,” Graham said, saying the legislation would be “well-timed.”
A spokesperson for Graham didn’t immediately respond to a question about whether changes will be incorporated at Trump’s request. The president has previously requested absolute flexibility to impose and retract any sanctions at will.
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/01/07/congress/russia-sanctions-lindsey-graham-00715548
On the diplomatic/international front, mafia land is not looking so well anymore.
The original “bonecrusher” sanctions seemed good and tough.
I sincerely hope they will not be watered down in any way.
Rather, they should be toughened up several more notches.
Putler has to get at least some punishment for murdering little children whilst in the process of “tapping along” Trump.
They need to start kinetic “snactioning” the freight crossing points in China, Kazakhsatn etc to enforce the current sanctions.
Yes, they should, but will they?
If Trump approved this bill I’ll bet anything the bill will have trigger that the President can use to stop the tariffs. This is another paper tiger trying to get at the 68% of the voters that support Ukraine. Mark my words it’s a BS bill.
I wouldn’t put it past the bastard.