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.

The legislation also targets Russia’s leadership, energy sector and vessels accused of helping Moscow evade sanctions. A separate House amendment seeks to remove the proposed authority to impose secondary tariffs on countries buying Russian energy.

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 of Representatives could take up a sweeping Russia and Iran sanctions bill as soon as September 15, Republican Congressman Joe Wilson of South Carolina told RFE/RL.

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.