Pence Urges Congress to Rename Russia Sanctions Bill for Lindsey Graham, Dead at 69
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Updated · Fox News · Jul 15
Pence Urges Congress to Rename Russia Sanctions Bill for Lindsey Graham, Dead at 69
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jul 15
Summary
Mike Pence called on Congress to attach Lindsey Graham’s name to the bipartisan Russia sanctions bill, saying passage would be the most fitting tribute after the South Carolina senator’s death.
Pence said Graham spent years pressing for tougher economic pressure on Vladimir Putin, arguing sanctions were the best way to force Russia to negotiate over the war in Ukraine.
One of their last conversations centered on the bill, Pence said, recalling Graham urging him at Reagan National Airport to keep pushing because sanctions were “the way you bring Putin to the table.”
Pence said the measure could become Graham’s defining legislative legacy, tying it to his long record of backing Ukraine, Israel, NATO and a harder line on authoritarian rivals.