DNYUZ
  • Home
  • News
    • U.S.
    • World
    • Politics
    • Opinion
    • Business
    • Crime
    • Education
    • Environment
    • Science
  • Entertainment
    • Culture
    • Music
    • Movie
    • Television
    • Theater
    • Gaming
    • Sports
  • Tech
    • Apps
    • Autos
    • Gear
    • Mobile
    • Startup
  • Lifestyle
    • Arts
    • Fashion
    • Food
    • Health
    • Travel
No Result
View All Result
DNYUZ
No Result
View All Result
Home News

House Speaker Mike Johnson backs efforts to sanction Russia ‘as strongly as we can’ 

June 2, 2025
in News, Politics
House Speaker Mike Johnson backs efforts to sanction Russia ‘as strongly as we can’ 
495
SHARES
1.4k
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) threw his support behind renewed congressional efforts to sanction the Kremlin over Russian President Vladimir Putin’s brutal war against Ukraine. 

“There’s many members of Congress that want us to sanction Russia as strongly as we can,” Johnson told reporters on Monday. “And I’m an advocate of that.” 

The House speaker’s support for legislation punishing the Russian regime comes amid a bipartisan push in the Senate to impose “bone-breaking sanctions” on Russia. 

Mike Johnson speaking at a press conference.
Johnson expressed support for passing sanctions legislation against Russia on Monday. AP

Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) have co-sponsored a measure in the upper chamber that would slap a 500% tariff on any country purchasing Russian energy products. 

Graham expects the Senate to “start moving” the bill forward this week. 

“You will see congressional action,” the South Carolina Republican said during a press conference in Ukraine last week. 

Like Johnson, Graham noted that “there are House members that are ready” to pass the sanctions bill and get it to President Trump’s desk for his signature. 

It’s unclear if Trump would support severe sanctions on Moscow amid Russia-Ukraine peace talks that have seemingly failed to gain any traction. 

Volodymyr Zelensky and Lindsey Graham shaking hands.
Graham met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv over the weekend. UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE/AFP via Getty Images

“We are in conversations with the White House, obviously, about that subject and that issue,” Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) told reporters on Monday. 

“There’s a high level of interest here in the Senate, on both sides of the aisle and moving on it, and it very well could be something that we would take up in this work period,” Thune added. “Obviously, we’re working with the White House to try and ensure that what we do and when we do it works well with the negotiations that they’ve got underway.”

Vladimir Putin at a meeting in Moscow.
The Senate bill would impose 500% tariffs on countries that purchase energy from Russia. via REUTERS

The Graham-Blumenthal bill – “Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025” – has more than 80 co-sponsors in the Senate. 

“The bill would put Russia on a trade island,” Graham wrote in a Wall Street Journal op-ed last week. “The consequences of its barbaric invasion must be made real to those that prop it up. If China or India stopped buying cheap oil, Mr. Putin’s war machine would grind to a halt.”

“I’m hoping for the best, but when it comes to the thug in Moscow, we should all prepare for more of the same.” 

The bill is currently under consideration by the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee. 

Trump has expressed mounting frustrations with Putin’s refusal to curtail strikes against Ukraine, but has stopped short of announcing tougher sanctions on the regime despite having threatened them earlier this month.

The post House Speaker Mike Johnson backs efforts to sanction Russia ‘as strongly as we can’  appeared first on New York Post.

Tags: CongressDonald TrumpLindsey GrahamMike JohnsonRichard BlumenthalRussiaSanctionsSenateukraine warUS House of RepresentativesVladimir Putin
Share198Tweet124Share
Kayleigh McEnany of Fox News has a new baby. Big sis is thrilled; big bro not so much
Arts

Kayleigh McEnany of Fox News has a new baby. Big sis is thrilled; big bro not so much

by Los Angeles Times
June 30, 2025

Kayleigh McEnany and husband Sean Gilmartin welcomed their third child — a girl. “We are overjoyed to announce the newest ...

Read more
News

2 adults and a 4-year-old are pulled from the L.A. River. Another adult and a dog don’t make it

June 30, 2025
News

Trump administration sues Los Angeles, claiming the city refuses to cooperate on immigration

June 30, 2025
News

Husband of Suzanne Morphew back in Colorado to face murder charge for a second time

June 30, 2025
News

Governor Newsom proclaims June as Immigrant Heritage Month

June 30, 2025
Dodgers Manager Expects Rookie Backstop To Be ‘Superstar’ In MLB

Dodgers Manager Expects Rookie Backstop To Be ‘Superstar’ In MLB

June 30, 2025
In a blow to Milei, a US judge orders Argentina to turn over its majority stake in state oil company

In a blow to Milei, a US judge orders Argentina to turn over its majority stake in state oil company

June 30, 2025
Padres Tabbed ‘Potential Landing Spot’ For Pirates $70 Million Starter

Padres Tabbed ‘Potential Landing Spot’ For Pirates $70 Million Starter

June 30, 2025

Copyright © 2025.

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
    • U.S.
    • World
    • Politics
    • Opinion
    • Business
    • Crime
    • Education
    • Environment
    • Science
  • Entertainment
    • Culture
    • Gaming
    • Music
    • Movie
    • Sports
    • Television
    • Theater
  • Tech
    • Apps
    • Autos
    • Gear
    • Mobile
    • Startup
  • Lifestyle
    • Arts
    • Fashion
    • Food
    • Health
    • Travel

Copyright © 2025.