这份两党法案以俄罗斯油气销售为打击目标，同时新增针对伊朗武器和能源行业的制裁措施
2026年7月28日 美国东部时间晚上8:02 / 福克斯新闻网
首席国会记者查德·珀格拉姆报道了已故参议员林赛·格雷厄姆的灵柩离开美国国会大厦的场景，此前国会刚刚为他举行了追悼仪式。珀格拉姆报道称，乌克兰总统弗拉基米尔·泽连斯基将在参议院就俄罗斯制裁法案进行预定投票前会见议员，该法案由格雷厄姆牵头起草。
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参议院迈出了实现已故参议员林赛·格雷厄姆最大心愿之一的首个重要步骤：对俄罗斯实施重创性制裁。
两党压倒性支持让这份制裁法案以86票赞成、12票反对的结果通过了首个程序性障碍。该法案自格雷厄姆与康涅狄格州民主党参议员理查德·布卢门撒尔首次起草以来，已经历了多轮修改。布卢门撒尔解释称，该法案的核心目的是停止购买为“普京的战争机器提供燃料”的俄罗斯油气。
“乌克兰的战斗就是我们的战斗，”布卢门撒尔说道，“没有人比林赛·格雷厄姆更深刻、更热忱地坚信这一点。他亲身践行了这一理念，此次投票是向前迈进的一步。”
林赛·格雷厄姆的最终使命即将收官，世界各国领导人齐聚一堂向他致敬
在这张由俄罗斯国家通讯社俄新社分发的泳池拍摄照片中，俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京于2026年6月2日在莫斯科克里姆林宫通过视频连线主持俄罗斯联邦总统委员会关于促进俄语及俄罗斯各民族语言的国家政策落实会议。（维亚切斯拉夫·普罗科菲耶夫 / 泳池拍摄法新社 via 盖蒂图片社）
此次压倒性的投票同时也是参议院多数党领袖、南达科他州共和党议员约翰·图恩的重大胜利。今年夏季，尽管参议院处于严重的党派对立时期，图恩仍成功推动两项获得两党广泛支持的重要法案在参议院通过或推进。
而在周二晚间通过的这份法案，就在议员、世界各国领导人和家属在华盛顿最后一次向这位资深参议员道别数小时后，再次进行了修订。
由布卢门撒尔和南卡罗来纳州共和党议员达琳·格雷厄姆——已故参议员的姐姐——牵头的两党小组宣布，已达成协议将法案重新命名，以纪念这位已故议员，并新增针对伊朗的额外制裁条款。
议员们认为，纪念格雷厄姆并将他的遗志固化为法律的最佳方式，就是通过这份新出炉的《林赛·O·格雷厄姆制裁俄罗斯与伊朗法案》，以此作为他坚定支持乌克兰的象征。
林赛·格雷厄姆的姐姐延续已故参议员的事业，成为南卡罗来纳州首位女性参议员
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俄亥俄州共和党议员乔恩·赫斯特德告诉福克斯新闻数字频道：“我和林赛·格雷厄姆的第一次谈话就是关于俄罗斯制裁的。”
“我知道他对此非常热衷，我也清楚制裁是我们在无需派遣本国军队的情况下结束战争的最佳工具之一，”赫斯特德说道。
正如布卢门撒尔所指出的，该法案仍将聚焦于打击俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京的战争行动，目标直指莫斯科最主要的财政收入来源：油气销售。
将战争带到普京的家门口：乌克兰的能源打击战略是否奏效？
2024年7月24日周三，南卡罗来纳州共和党议员林赛·格雷厄姆在华盛顿希伯来会堂为前美国参议员约瑟夫·利伯曼举行的追悼会上发言。（美联社照片/何塞·路易斯·马加纳）（美联社照片/何塞·路易斯·马加纳）
但该法案还扩大了对伊朗的制裁权限，限制该国武器和能源行业的资金来源，当前美国政府和海外谈判代表正寻求达成中东战争的持久和平协议。
法案中还保留了针对普京、俄罗斯官员和俄罗斯军事领导人的定向制裁措施，对俄罗斯进口商品征收最高500%的关税，对购买俄罗斯能源的国家（如中国和印度）征收最高100%的关税。
此外，法案还赋予唐纳德·特朗普总统暂停部分制裁措施的灵活性等多项条款。
作为该制裁法案最初的支持者之一，阿拉巴马州共和党议员凯蒂·布里特已经在向众议院施压，要求其推进该法案。众议院上周休会至8月底。
“我希望当我们顺利通过这项法案时——这肯定会以压倒性优势实现——众议院能立刻返回并通过这项立法，”布里特说道。
与此同时，格雷厄姆的亲密盟友、乌克兰总统弗拉基米尔·泽连斯基专程前往华盛顿参加他的葬礼，并在此期间会见了唐纳德·特朗普总统和国会议员，推动制裁法案以及达成更多反导防御装备的协议，以助力乌克兰对俄战争。
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泽连斯基在X平台上表示：“首先，我就林赛·格雷厄姆的逝世向特朗普总统表示哀悼。他是乌克兰真正的朋友。”
“总统和我讨论了爱国者拦截弹生产许可以及其他一些可能有所帮助的方案，”泽连斯基说道，“我们还谈到了外交——重振外交进程非常重要。”
泽连斯基在与议员举行闭门会议后，前往参议院旁听席观看了投票。经过多次停滞和重启，投票终于显现出推进的迹象。
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Putin, Russia put on notice as Senate takes crucial step to grind down the Kremlin’s war machine
The bipartisan package targets Russian oil and gas sales while adding new sanctions against Iran’s weapons and energy sectors
July 28, 2026 8:02pm EDT / Fox News
Chief congressional correspondent Chad Pergram details the casket departure for Sen. Lindsey Graham at the United States Capitol following the memorial service. Pergram reports Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will meet with lawmakers ahead of a scheduled Senate vote on Russia sanctions legislation negotiated by Graham.
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The Senate took its first major step in fulfilling one of the late Sen. Lindsey Graham’s biggest desires: levying bone-crushing sanctions against Russia.
A bipartisan swell carried the sanctions package through its first hurdle on an 86-12 vote, which has gone through several iterations in the time since it was first formulated by Graham and Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn. He explained that at its core, the package was designed to stop purchases of Russian oil and gas that was “fueling Putin’s war machine.”
“Ukraine’s fight is our fight,” Blumenthal said. “Nobody believed that more deeply and passionately than Lindsey Graham. He lived it, and this vote is a step forward.”
LINDSEY GRAHAM’S FINAL MISSION NEARS FINISH LINE AS WORLD LEADERS GATHER TO HONOR HIM
In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting of the Presidential Council for the Implementation of State Policy on the Promotion of the Russian Language and the Languages of the Peoples of Russia via video link at the Kremlin in Moscow on June 2, 2026.(Vyacheslav PROKOFYEV / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)
The colossal vote also marks a huge victory on the floor for Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., who over the summer has managed to pass or advance two major bills with a massive wave of bipartisan support on the Senate floor, even during starkly partisan times in upper chamber.
And the package that survived Tuesday night, just hours after lawmakers, world leaders and family said their last Washington, D.C., goodbyes to the longtime senator has once again been revamped.
A bipartisan group led by Blumenthal and Sen. Darline Graham, R-S.C., who picked up her older brother’s sanctions crusade, announced that a deal had been reached to rename the package in honor of the late lawmaker, and tack on additional sanctions against Iran.
Lawmakers argue that the best way to remember Graham, and cement his legacy into law, is to pass the newly-minted Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act, particularly as a symbol of his ferocious support for Ukraine.
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Sen. Jon Husted, R-Ohio, told Fox News Digital that “literally the first conversation I ever had with Lindsey Graham was about Russia sanctions.”
“I know he was very passionate about this and I know that sanctions are one of the best tools we have for bringing wars to an end without having to commit any of our military,” Husted said.
The bill, as Blumenthal noted, still focuses on kneecapping Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war effort by targeting Moscow’s top financial gainer: oil and gas sales.
BRINGING THE WAR TO PUTIN’S FRONT DOOR: IS UKRAINE’S ENERGY STRIKE STRATEGY WORKING?
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., speaks during a memorial service for former U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman, D-Conn., Wednesday, July 24, 2024, at the Washington Hebrew Congregation, in Washington. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)(AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
But it also extends sanction authority against Iran that hampers funding to the country’s weapons and energy sectors as the administration and negotiators abroad seek to find a long-lasting peace agreement for the war in the Middle East.
Also, still in the legislation are targeted sanctions against Putin, Russian officials and Russian military leaders, up to 500% tariffs on Russian imports, tariffs of up to 100% on countries buying Russian energy, like China and India.
It also gives President Donald Trump flexibility for when to turn off some aspects of the sanctions, among others.
Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., one of the original backers of the sanctions package, is already putting pressure on the House to make a move on the legislation. The lower chamber left until the end of August last week.
“I am hopeful that when we get this across the finish line, which is going to happen in a big way, that the House will come back immediately and pass this legislation,” Britt said.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, a close ally of Graham’s, made the journey to Washington to attend his funeral, and meet with President Donald Trump and lawmakers in the process to push the sanctions bill and a deal for more anti-ballistic defenses in the war against Russia.
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Zelenskyy said on X that, “First and foremost, I offered President Trump our condolences on the passing of Lindsey Graham. He was a true friend of Ukraine.”
“The President and I discussed licenses for Patriot interceptor production and several other ideas that could help,” Zelenskyy said. “We also spoke about diplomacy – it’s important that the diplomatic process be reinvigorated.”
And Zelenskyy, after his closed-door meeting with lawmakers, went to the viewing gallery in the Senate to watch vote, which after many stops and starts, finally showed signs of progress.
Alex Miller is a writer for Fox News Digital covering the U.S. Senate.
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