Posted on 05/30/2025 12:01:42 PM PDT by marcusmaximus
The Senate will likely start moving next week on a bill to place strong sanctions on Russia because it is not moving forward toward agreeing to a ceasefire in Ukraine, Sen. Lindsey Graham, the legislation's sponsor, said Friday.
"Enough of talking," the South Carolina Republican told reporters while visiting Ukraine's capital city of Kyiv, reports Bloomberg News. "I would expect next week that the Senate will start moving the sanctions bill ... there are House members that are ready to move and you will see congressional action."
The sanctions bill, according to a draft seen by Bloomberg, includes a 500% tariff on imports from countries that continue to purchase Russian oil and petroleum products, as well as natural gas or uranium.
Other parts of the bill prohibit U.S. citizens from buying Russian sovereign debt.
Graham is planning to travel to France and Germany to seek their support in lowering the price cap on Russian oil.
He added that China could face a 500% tariff for supporting the Russian war machine.
"If Europe goes down that road and also levels sanctions on China, the Senate will act," Graham said.
Graham added that Ukraine has worked with President Donald Trump, doing all it has been asked to do, but Russia is still keeping quiet about its agenda in upcoming peace talks, which could start in Istanbul on Monday.
He further accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of trying to delay negotiations out of hope that Kyiv's allies will pull out their support, and said that is a "mistake."
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Linda was one of the loudest voices for bringing Ukraine into NATO, which precipitated this whole conflict.
Another neo-con boondoggle.
Sanctions are doing a very good job of making Russia and China more self-sufficient. Sanctioning China will only accelerate this trend.
Lady Graham is determined to keep this battle going. He needs to be Doged.
Nothing but old, tired policies.
Imagine the Senate and Linda Graham running US foreign policy vs Russia
Meanwhile Europe has been violating them all along.
But Congress won’t say a peep about that.
Why not...?
You go girl!
Has sanctions ever worked?
Seriously, the success rate of sanctions must be pretty low. And even if they were successful, they only hurt the average citizen not the upper class.
Butt-buddies Graham and Blumenthal visiting the Ukraine moocher. Maybe Zelensky can play the piano for them while they are there, but using their weiners instead of his own.
Europe has been violating the sanctions and importing Russian energy all along.
I’m tired of this little worm.
President Trump might not be happy with this.
Seeing as the European countries of Bulgaria, Germany, Greece, Poland, Italy and Hungary still rely on Russia for energy products, it's highly unlikely.
So. . . a Trump reply could be . . .
“If I impose a 500% tariff on all products imported from any country buying Russian oil, and they stop buying Russian oil, then those countries cannot fuel their trucks to haul food to their grocery stores because there is no oil for them from any other source but Russia. This would be US-created starvation of entirely innocent people.
We would call it the Graham Famine.”
Pushing sanctions that will cripple our economy over a war that has nothing to do with our national security needs to be the act that ends Graham’s career.
BTW, there is another aspect to this. Tulsi’s briefings must have made some things clear as to the military situation. Graham faces some problems with facts on the ground.
There may not be time for sanctions to do anything.
Yea. Saw that coming, they are going to make it really hurt for Russia and China. They saw China almost internally meltdown with just US sanctions, they know that it will destabilize them. They will have to get out of the game of supplying Russia. Unfortunately, Russia will not get over these sanctions, maybe not for years.
Linda will probably be on Meet the Depressed and Deface the Nation Sunday to explain his latest saber-rattling initiative.
Krispy Kreme will be there to applaud.
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