Putin, Russia put on notice as Senate takes crucial step to grind down the Kremlins war machine

The Senate took its first major step in fulfilling one of the late Sen.Lindsey Graham’s biggest desires: levying bone-crushing sanctions against Russia.A bipartisan swell carried the sanctions package through its first hurdle, which has gone through several iterations in the time since it was first formulated by Graham and Sen.

Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn."The basic, core function of the bill is to stop purchases of Russian oil and gas from fueling Putin’s war machine, and we're at a really pivotal time for Ukraine," Blumenthal said.LINDSEY GRAHAM'S FINAL MISSION NEARS FINISH LINE AS WORLD LEADERS GATHER TO HONOR HIMIn this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting of the Presidential Council for the Implementation of State Policy on the Promotion of the Russian Language and the Languages of the Peoples of Russia via video link at the Kremlin in Moscow on June 2, 2026.(Vyacheslav PROKOFYEV / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)And the package that survived Tuesday night, just hours after lawmakers, world leaders and family said their last Washington, D.C., goodbyes to the longtime senator has once again been revamped.A bipartisan group led by Blumenthal and Sen.

Darline Graham, R-S.C., who picked up her older brother’s sanctions crusade, announced that a deal had been reached to rename the package in honor of the late lawmaker, and tack on additional sanctions against Iran.Lawmakers argue that the best way to remember Graham, and cement his legacy into law, is to pass the newly-minted Lindsey O.Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act, particularly as a symbol of his ferocious support for Ukraine.LINDSEY GRAHAM'S SISTER CARRIES ON LATE SENATOR'S WORK, BECOMING SOUTH CAROLINA'S FIRST FEMALE SENATORSen.

Jon Husted, R-Ohio, told Fox News Digital that "literally the first conversation I ever had with Lindsey Graham was about Russia sanctions.""I know he was very passionate about this and I know that...