The House of Representatives will vote on Wednesday on a sanctions bill first introduced by Sen. Lindsey Graham to increase economic pressure on ​Russia over its invasion of Ukraine.

The House passed a sweeping Russia sanctions bill and sent it to President Donald Trump. The move increases pressure on Moscow but sharpens Washington's divide over tariffs and Ukraine policy.

WASHINGTON, Sept 16 - The U.S. House of Representatives is due to vote on Wednesday on a sweeping sanctions bill intended to increase economic pressure on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, and the measure is expected to pass, nearly 1-1/2 years after the late Senator Lindsey Graham introduced it. Read more at straitstimes.com.

sweeping Russia sanctions bill championed by the late Senator Lindsey Graham cleared a key procedural hurdle in the US House of Representatives on September 15, setting up a final vote on legislation that supporters say would increase pressure on Moscow and strengthen US support for Ukraine.

The US House Rules Committee has advanced legislation imposing tougher sanctions on Russia and Iran, clearing a key procedural hurdle for a possible House vote later this week but exposing deep Democratic concerns over the measure’s expansion of presidential tariff authority.