GOP Leadership: Congress Prepared to Move on Russia Sanctions

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said they will be going ahead with new sanctions on Russia.

“[Russian President] Vladimir Putin has shown an unwillingness to be reasonable and to talk seriously about brokering a peace, and I think we have to send him a message — that’s my view,” Johnson said to reporters.

Thune said the Senate is working with the White House on legislation to help give President Donald Trump leverage to end Russia’s war with Ukraine. Thune said he is expected to have the bill ready before the August recess.