Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Tuesday that he hopes to have an announcement soon on the fate of a long-stalled bill to impose new sanctions targeting Russia.
“We’ll have more to say about that later this week,” Thune told reporters, adding that there’s a “lot of interest” in moving the bill authored by Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.).
Thune has been looking for a clear signal from President Donald Trump that he would support the legislation, which has more than 80 supporters. Trump opened the door to the legislation earlier Tuesday, saying that he’s “looking at it very strongly” as he aired fresh frustrations with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s ongoing military campaign in Ukraine.
The sanctions legislation is not expected to be on the floor this week but could be brought to the floor before the scheduled August recess.
