2026-08-07T17:23:11.887Z / https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/07/politics/senate-russia-sanctions-bill
参议院周五通过一项重要的俄罗斯制裁法案，该法案以已故参议员林赛·格雷厄姆命名。格雷厄姆在这项耗时一年多、历经艰苦谈判的法案中发挥了关键作用。
该法案最终以两党压倒性优势在参议院获得通过，表决结果为86票赞成、11票反对。接下来该法案需要在众议院进行投票，而众议院目前处于休会期，将于9月复会。
这项一揽子法案将对俄罗斯政府高层人物实施强制性制裁，其中包括俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京，同时还将制裁俄罗斯寡头、国有企业以及支持俄罗斯国防工业基础的外国公司。
此外，该法案将对包括中国和印度在内的俄罗斯原油和天然气前五大进口国征收最高100%的关税，最终关税税率将由美国贸易代表贾米森·格里尔确定。对于俄罗斯天然气出口总量占比不足15%、且正致力于大幅减少俄罗斯天然气进口的国家，法案将给予豁免。
格雷厄姆去世前一天，他站在乌克兰基辅街头的坦克旁宣布，拜登政府与该法案的核心参议院支持者终于就一揽子法案达成协议。在他去世后的几天里，他的同僚们纷纷呼吁通过该法案，将其称为这位参议员兼 statesman（政治家）的“恰当遗产”。
“我认识这个人32年了，我可以毫不讳言地说：这是林赛·格雷厄姆最伟大的成就，”格雷厄姆去世后不久，参议院军事委员会主席罗杰·威克如此说道。
参议院在格雷厄姆华盛顿葬礼结束后的数小时内就该法案进行了首次程序性投票。出席葬礼的乌克兰总统弗拉基米尔·泽连斯基在国会大厦会见了参议员们，并与众议院多数党督导约翰·巴拉索、参议院外交关系委员会主席詹姆斯·里希一起在议事厅上方的旁听席观看了投票。
泽连斯基当晚对记者表示：“这项法案非常重要，对俄罗斯施加制裁压力也至关重要，这真正的意义——不仅在于阻止俄罗斯为这场战争提供资金，还在于向欧洲、向乌克兰发出了强烈信号。”
该法案的民主党联合牵头参议员理查德·布卢门撒尔强调，尽管他曾目睹格雷厄姆有时会因该法案与总统产生分歧，但格雷厄姆从未放弃。
“他和我们所有人一样，经常对总统感到沮丧。但他以良好的心态接受了这一切——或许用‘接受’这个词并不准确，但他从未放弃推动俄罗斯制裁法案的事业，因为他知道这是正确的事情，并且他全身心投入以促成法案通过，”布卢门撒尔上个月在接受CNN采访时说道。
“他对总统的了解，以及他似乎能够影响总统的能力，再次让他成为这里独一无二的人物。他既积极与民主党人合作，又与特朗普保持持续联系，这些因素共同构成了他独特的角色。”
该法案最初文本于2025年4月首次公布，当时最低关税税率设定为500%，豁免条款也更少。但在超过15个月的谈判中，政府和国会谈判代表将关税税率下调，同时将关税税率的制定权授予格里尔，而非直接交由总统。
但在此次投票前的几周里，一些参议员对向政府下放更多关税权限表示担忧。参议员伊丽莎白·沃伦7月在接受CNN采访时表示：“一年半以来我一直在说，我们需要对俄罗斯实施更严厉的制裁。这非常、非常重要。但唐纳德·特朗普已经展示了他会如何利用广泛的关税权限。事实上，即便没有权限，他也已经展示过他会怎么做。”
最终，参议院就一项修改法案中关税条款的修正案进行了投票，该修正案未获通过。参议员拉斐尔· Warnock（拉斐尔·沃诺克）此前还推动一项修正案，要求如果任何国家不再位列俄罗斯石油进口前五名，将不再受该法案关税约束，但在格里尔做出书面承诺后，他撤回了这一诉求。
布卢门撒尔反驳了同僚们的担忧，辩称法案中的关税权限“范围狭窄且有限”。
Senate passes Russia sanctions bill named in honor of the late Sen. Lindsey Graham
2026-08-07T17:23:11.887Z / https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/07/politics/senate-russia-sanctions-bill
The Senate on Friday passed a major Russia sanctions bill, named for the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, who played a key role in the painstaking negotiations over the legislation that lasted over a year.
The bill ultimately sailed through the Senate on bipartisan vote, 86 to 11.It would next need a vote in the House, which is currently on recess until September.
The package would place mandatory sanctions on top figures in the Russian government, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, as well as Russian oligarchs, state-owned enterprises and foreign companies supporting Russia’s defense industrial base.
In addition, it would impose up to a 100% tariff on the top five countries, including China and India, that purchase Russian crude oil and natural gas, with US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer determining the final tariff level. It allows an exemption for countries that import less than 15% of Russia’s total natural gas exports and are working to significantly lower their use of Russian natural gas.
The day before he died, Graham announced – while standing in front of tanks in the streets of Kyiv, Ukraine – that the administration and the bill’s key Senate backers had finally reached a deal on the package. In the days after he passed, his colleagues rallied for passage of the bill, casting it as a “fitting legacy” for the senator-statesman.
“I’ve known this man for 32 years, and I’m willing to say this: this is Lindsey Graham’s greatest achievement,” declared Senate Armed Services Chairman Roger Wicker shortly after Graham’s death.
The Senate took its first procedural vote on the package in the hours after Graham’s DC funeral. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who attended the service, met with senators in the Capitol and watched the vote from the gallery above the chamber, alongside Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso and Senate Foreign Relations Chair James Risch.
Zelensky told reporters that night, “This bill is very important, and sanctions pressure on Russia is very important, and really gives – It’s not only about money, how Russia, how to stop to finance this war, but it’s also a big signal to Europe, big signal to Ukraine.”
Sen. Richard Blumenthal, the lead Democratic co-sponsor of the bill, emphasized that while he had seen Graham at times frustrated with the president over the package, Graham never gave up on it.
“He was often as frustrated with the president as any of us, you know. But he accepted it with good humor — not necessarily — maybe accepted is the wrong word, but he never abandoned the cause of the Russia sanctions bill because he knew it was the right thing, and he was totally dedicated to getting it done,” Blumenthal told CNN last month.
“His understanding of the president, but also his seeming ability to influence him, again made him a unique figure here. The combination of his alacrity in reaching across to Democrats, but also his continuing ties to Trump were part of his unique role.”
The original text of the package, first released in April 2025, had minimum tariffs set to 500%, with fewer exceptions. However, over more than 15 months of negotiations, the administration and congressional negotiators had reached a lower tariff number, but also given the execution power to Greer, rather than the president directly.
But in the weeks leading up to this vote, some senators expressed concern over handing the administration any more tariff authority. Sen. Elizabeth Warren told CNN in July, “I’ve been saying for a year and a half we need tougher sanctions against Russia. That’s very, very important. But Donald Trump has shown what he will do with broad tariff authority. Heck, he’s shown what he’ll do even if he doesn’t have authority.”
Ultimately, the Senate voted on one amendment to change the tariff language in the package, which failed. Sen. Raphael Warnock had also pushed for an amendment stating that if any nation drops out of the top five importers of Russian oil, they will no longer be subject to the bill’s tariffs, but he withdrew the demand once Greer made that pledge in writing.
Blumenthal pushed back on his colleagues concerns, arguing the tariff authority in the package is “narrowly tailored and limited.”
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