Overview

• Johnson said on CBS that sanctions are "far overdue" and that Congress must coordinate with the president to enact them.
• A bipartisan Senate package led by Sens. Lindsey Graham and Richard Blumenthal has about 85 co-sponsors and would allow secondary tariffs up to 500% on countries that buy Russian energy.
• Senate Majority Leader John Thune signaled movement toward floor consideration of the sanctions bill.
• Trump conditioned "major sanctions" on NATO allies stopping purchases of Russian oil and has floated steep tariffs on China.
• White House officials warned that legislating sanctions could complicate U.S. peace efforts, with urgency heightened by a recent large Russian drone incursion into Polish airspace.