the Institute for the Study of War<\/a>.<\/p>\nStill, Tehran\u2019s closure of the Strait of Hormuz combined with the U.S. temporarily easing sanctions on Russian oil during the war with Iran, has provided Russia with a windfall. That will help Russian President Vladimir Putin sustain the war with Ukraine if he isn\u2019t stopped, Blumenthal said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe need to make sure that we stop the flow of revenue to his war machine,\u201d he said. \u201cThere\u2019s an urgency there.\u201d<\/p>\n
The House legislation introduced by Rep. Gregory Meeks, the top Democrat on the Foreign Affairs Committee, won its 218th signature on Wednesday, a threshold that will compel the chamber\u2019s Republican leadership to bring it to a vote.<\/p>\n
That bill would authorize hundreds of millions of dollars in security aid for Kyiv, create financing mechanisms for postwar reconstruction and impose new sanctions on Russia and entities supporting its war effort.<\/p>\n
The Senate bill as it was introduced would require the United States to impose a 500% tariff on Russian imports and countries buying Russian oil, petroleum products or uranium. Though it quickly attracted more than 80 co-sponsors in both parties, it languished amid White House opposition until January, when Graham said Trump offered his support.<\/p>\n
Some Democrats say they want to be careful \u2014 citing the Supreme Court\u2019s decision to strike down Trump\u2019s global tariffs in March \u2014 before they vote for a bill that expands the president\u2019s tariff authority. That\u2019s fueled negotiations to narrow the tariff provisions, with some Democrats backing away despite co-sponsoring the bill.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s a difference between sending a message and crafting an actual bill,\u201d said Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, the top Democrat on the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe.<\/p>\n
Even if the bill\u2019s supporters muster, the path ahead is unclear. Senate Majority Leader John Thune, who has said he would bring the bill to the floor when it has the votes, voiced pessimism given the Senate\u2019s crowded calendar, which is abbreviated ahead of the midterm elections.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t see it,\u201d he told NOTUS on Wednesday. \u201cLook at the pileup we have already.\u201d<\/p>\n
Still, senators behind the effort aren\u2019t giving up hope.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve reached agreement on some of the important issues that have been stumbling blocks,\u201d Blumenthal said. \u201cIt\u2019s been a long, long and windy road, but, you know, I\u2019m not saying we\u2019re there, but I\u2019m hopeful we\u2019ll have some answers very soon.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wrangling over a long-stalled Russia sanctions bill in the Senate is playing out with fresh urgency after a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18681,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[5],"class_list":{"0":"post-18680","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-russia","8":"tag-russia"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/russia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/russia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/russia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/russia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/russia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18680"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/russia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18680\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/russia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/russia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/russia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/russia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}