Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.), joined by other Senate Republicans, speaks during the fifteenth day of the government shutdown at a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Oct. 15, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
The U.S. Senate will soon vote on a bill to grant President Donald Trump the authority to impose sweeping secondary sanctions on countries that buy Russian oil, announced Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) on Oct. 16.
A bill to grant such authority—the “Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025“ sponsored by Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.)—was introduced on April 1 and currently has the support of 84 other senators as co-sponsors.
