Washington Times: Senate passes Russia sanctions bill renamed for Lindsey Graham

The Washington Times reported that the U.S. Senate on Friday passed a sweeping Russia sanctions bill that would penalize countries purchasing Russian oil and gas that the measure says help finance Moscow’s war in Ukraine. The report said the legislation was renamed for its initial author, Sen. Lindsey Graham.

The reported package is described as combining sanctions with trade-related restrictions, including tariff measures aimed at countries that buy Kremlin-linked energy supplies. The practical effect, as characterized by the report, would be to increase economic pressure on Russia and disrupt revenue channels tied to the war.

An issue for verification is the bill’s renaming attribution to Sen. Lindsey Graham. Separate White House documentation in the provided materials states that a presidential proclamation was issued marking the death of Sen. Graham on July 13, 2026, raising questions about how the legislation could be renamed for his authorship if the Senate action occurred after his death.

Because this report was the only provided source for the Senate vote and bill details, the central claim that the Senate passed the legislation and that it received the renaming described by the outlet requires confirmation from an official legislative record. is the appropriate source for the bill number, official title, sponsor and co-sponsor list, and roll-call result.

If the Senate passage is confirmed, the bill’s next step would typically be consideration of the House counterpart and, if both chambers pass matching versions, final approval and enactment. Implementation would likely involve Treasury and other agencies standing up or adjusting sanctions designations, license conditions, reporting requirements, and enforcement mechanisms tied to the bill’s sanctions and tariff provisions.

For now, the available materials support only that the Washington Times reported a Senate passage of a sanctions-plus-tariffs Russia bill and that it described the bill as renamed for Sen. Lindsey Graham. Official records were not included in the provided dataset, so the exact statutory provisions, the final bill name, and the vote count could not be verified for publication from primary sources.