Concerns about tariff authority in Russia sanctions bill undermine universal support for Ukraine

Democratic objections to giving President Trump more tariff authority is slowing Senate consideration of a Russia sanctions bill and preventing a potentially unanimous vote to support Ukraine.

As senators spent the last week of July honoring their late colleague Lindsey Graham, they voted to begin debate on a Russia sanctions bill that he had worked on for more than a year.

More than 80 senators supported two procedural votes to advance the bill; 12 senators opposed it.

The strong bipartisan showing sends a positive message to Ukraine that the U.S. wants to help it end the war Russia began more than four years ago.

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