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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What about passing the doge cuts first?
Congress can move pretty fast on topics that really don’t impact the average American.
Senator Duke Nukem!
Come on SC vote him out please.
Wish he worked this hard to cut my taxes... and government spending.
Whatever Linda says we should do the opposite
Linda’s gonna smack your Putin with his purse! Lol!
It doesn’t matter if Ukraine is in NATO or not. Putin has no right to attack Ukraine and kill civilians every night and kill or mame a 1,000 of their own troops every day.
Stupidest thing about NATO should not be on Puti’s border: If Russia controls Ukraine, there would be several NATO countries on their borders instead on only one.
How is Russia buying Ammo from North Korea and China being self sufficient? Russia’s economy is falling apart and Ukraine blows up at least one factory every day. China’s economy is falling apart also. The world knows all this no matter what you say.
If sanctions don’t work why does Russia have to use tankers that sink all the time? Because the best tankers are sanctioned.
Who will retire this little tick from the Senate?
And neocon globalists expose themselves by egging him on.
If sanctions don’t work why doesn’t Russia have potatoes? They have run out of spuds!!
The shortage is due to poor harvests in 2024, with reduced production
If sanctions worked, why did Russia have a 4.3% GDP last year?
How much are you willing to see inflation occur here in order to sanction Russia?
This is a SHAMEFUL POST.
I try to keep an eye on life in Russia from youtube vloggers with a history of posting dating back pre war — which is probably the only way to insulate from propaganda.
Here’s the latest look at a grocery store on a Sunday.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6yyo8pQk0k
Pretty sure those are potatoes about 24 mins
Regardless, hard to make a case for anything but abundance.
Another gay piano player for the band
“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.”
Considering that the negotiations haven’t even started, and Trump hadn’t threatened ‘sanctions’, it looks as though Linda is TAKING ON TRUMP - given that, he might want to think about how it ended last time he tried.
It wouldn't take much for Graham to end up being 2026's Liz Cheney.
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