US Lawmakers Move to Expand White House Authority on Russia Sanctions – By Katherine Gypson (VOA News) / Sept 20, 2022
WASHINGTON — U.S. lawmakers moved Tuesday to give the administration of President Joe Biden expanded authority to enforce sanctions on Russia for the unprovoked invasion of Ukraine earlier this year.
Republican Senator Pat Toomey and Democratic Senator Chris Van Hollen introduced a framework supporting the administration’s efforts, along with G-7 leaders, to cap the price of Russian oil exports.
“We’re effectively depriving the Russian government of the profits that they probably are using to fund this war,” Toomey told reporters on a press call Tuesday. “We’re going to demonstrate whether or not the free world has the resolve to prevent a brutal autocrat from redrawing international boundaries because he thinks he can.”
The United States and G-7 allies are expected to agree on a price cap for Russian oil exports by December, around the time a European Union oil embargo also goes into effect.
