Senate to Consider Legislation Expanding Russia Sanctions, Tariffs

The legislation would require 500 percent tariffs on any country that buys oil or uranium from Russia, apart from imposing other sanctions on officials.

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.