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S. 5025119th CongressInternational Affairs
Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia Act of 2026
Sponsored by Sen. Darline Graham (R-SC) · 63 active : 41 Republicans, 21 Democrats, 1 Independent
Latest action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Where it standsBefore the Senate3 senators score as swing votes
Hasn’t passed either chamber
- Senate: next
- House: not yet
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govLindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia Act of 2026
This bill imposes a variety of sanctions, tariffs, and prohibitions related to Russia.
For example, under the bill, the President must
impose visa- and property-blocking sanctions on specified persons (individuals and entities) such as the Russian president, certain Russian military commanders, and any foreign person that knowingly provides goods or services relating to Russia's defense industrial base;
increase the rate of duty on all goods imported into the United States from Russia to a rate of up to 500% ad valorem (i.e., relative to the value);
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increase the rate of duty up to 100% ad valorem on all goods imported into the United States from a country that was among the five largest importers of Russian-origin crude oil or natural gas if such country knowingly makes new purchases of such products after enactment of the bill;
impose property-blocking sanctions on financial institutions organized under Russian law and owned wholly or partly by Russia; and
impose property-blocking sanctions on foreign vessels that knowingly transport certain products of Russian origin, including crude oil, uranium, and coal.
The bill prohibits (1) the export, reexport, or in-country transfer to or in Russia of U.S.-produced energy or energy product; (2) U.S. persons from making new investments in Russia or purchasing Russian sovereign debt; and (3) trading the securities of Russian government-owned, -controlled, or -affiliated entities on U.S. national securities exchanges.
The President may waive requirements of the bill by certifying it is in the national interest.
Committees and subjects
Committees
- Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs · SenateReferred to
Subjects
No legislative subjects recorded yet. Similar-vote matching falls back to the policy area.
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
How the Senate breaks down
- 3Swing 70–100
- 26Middle 30–70
- 71Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score.
Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v3, directional: only movement toward the other party counts, so members who sit further from the center than their party no longer score as swing votes.
Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, , and the . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
Similar past votes, Senate
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Cosponsors
63 activeShow all 63 cosponsors
- Adam B. Schiff (D-CA)
- Alan Armstrong (R-OK)
- Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
- Angela D. Alsobrooks (D-MD)
- Angus S. King Jr. (I-ME)
- Brian Schatz (D-HI)
- Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
- Christopher A. Coons (D-DE)
- Chuck Grassley (R-IA)
- Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
- Cynthia M. Lummis (R-WY)
- Dan Sullivan (R-AK)
- David McCormick (R-PA)
- Deb Fischer (R-NE)
- Gary C. Peters (D-MI)
- Jack Reed (D-RI)
- Jacky Rosen (D-NV)
- James C. Justice (R-WV)
- James E. Risch (R-ID)
- James Lankford
How the swing score works
Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.
Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.
Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.
Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.
Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.
Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.
