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\n In the days after GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham suddenly died, a bipartisan Russia sanctions bill he had championed gained fresh momentum. But now, the bill is facing headwinds \u2013 with some Democrats raising concerns that it could hand too much power to President Donald Trump.\n <\/p>

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\n With little time left in session before the midterms, and high-priority items like funding the government still on the to-do list, if any senator moves to delay the bill\u2019s passage they could stop it from reaching the floor at all.\n <\/p>\n

\n Republican Sen. John Kennedy told CNN on Wednesday that he fears the Senate will spend the last two weeks before August recess on a government funding bill, which could fail, and lose the opportunity to pass any other legislation during that time.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cI think we are pissing away our chance to pass the Graham sanctions bill while we have the votes, and may well be pissing away our chance to pass the crypto bill, because we\u2019re going to spend all of our time on the CR,\u201d he said, referring to a short-term funding bill known as a continuing resolution. \u201cSome of my colleagues are more hopeful than I am. That\u2019s what I see right now. I think the next two and a half weeks is going to be CR and nothing but CR.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n Graham passed away shortly after announcing an agreement had been reached with the Trump administration to move the bill forward. After Graham passed away, supporters of the bill said it would be a fitting tribute to his legacy to swiftly pass the legislation.\n <\/p>\n

\n But some Senate Democrats are raising concerns that the carefully negotiated legislation hands too much tariff authority to the administration, with Sen. Elizabeth Warren indicating she\u2019d consider slowing down its consideration on the Senate floor. Any one senator can object to swift consideration of legislation, miring it in days of debate time and procedural votes.\n <\/p>\n

\n As she left a hearing where US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer was testifying, Warren told CNN, \u201cI\u2019ve been saying for a year and a half we need tougher sanctions against Russia. That\u2019s very, very important. But Donald Trump has shown what he will do with broad tariff authority. Heck, he\u2019s shown what he\u2019ll do even if he doesn\u2019t have authority.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cIt\u2019s important that we not open a door to let Donald Trump do even more with tariffs. So that\u2019s my concern. I hope we can fix this bill,\u201d she continued.\n <\/p>\n

\n Pressed on whether she would slow down the bill\u2019s progress if she didn\u2019t see the changes she wanted, Warren replied, \u201cI\u2019d like to see this bill fixed. I think it\u2019s important.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\nThe sanctions bill would impose mandatory sanctions on Russian leadership, including President Vladimir Putin, as well as oligarchs, state-owned enterprises, and foreign companies that support Russia\u2019s defense industrial base.\n <\/p>\n

\n In addition, it would impose up to a 100% tariff on the top five countries, including China and India, that purchase Russian crude oil and natural gas, with Greer determining the final tariff level. It does allow an exemption for countries that import less than 15% of Russia\u2019s total natural gas exports and are working to significantly lower their use of Russian natural gas.\n <\/p>

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\n The original text of the package had minimum tariffs set to 500%, with fewer exceptions. However, over more than 15 months of negotiations, the administration and congressional negotiators had reached a lower tariff number, but also given the execution power to Greer, rather than the president directly.\n <\/p>\n

\n Sen. Mark Warner said he also has concerns about the administration\u2019s tariff authority under the updated package.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cI support Russia sanctions, but I\u2019ve held off, you know, co-sponsoring the legislation until I get more clarity on that,\u201d said Warner. \u201cIt\u2019s amazing that, you know, I\u2019m trying \u2014 to get a clear, concise answer on that has been a little bit of a challenge.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n Sen. Ron Wyden, the top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee and one of the few senators who has not endorsed any version of the Russia sanctions package, echoed his colleagues\u2019 concerns about granting the administration any more power over tariffs.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cI think it would set a very ominous, you know, precedent. Donald Trump wants one thing in terms of policy, and that\u2019s tariffs. And I don\u2019t think he\u2019s going to follow through on the sanctions, and I think he\u2019ll be all in with respect to tariffs, and it will set a very dangerous precedent,\u201d Wyden told CNN. \u201cIf anyone wants to deal with the very legitimate concern about the Ukrainians, I\u2019m all in. But I think this is basically an effort to get more leverage for tariffs.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n However, Sen. Richard Blumenthal, the top Democratic cosponsor of the package, argued that they have taken significant steps to narrow the additional tariff authorities the bill would hand to the administration, and noted that the president has been willing to buck Congress on trade policy either way.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cThe authority is very narrowly tailored and limited. The five largest producers of Russian oil and gas by strict metrics that are applied by the US trade representative, all of the authorities are very narrowly defined, and the president has already shown that he will interpret very expansively and possibly illegally the authority he has right now,\u201d said Blumenthal.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cThe additional authority is the product of painstaking, sometimes painful negotiation to establish strict limits and safeguards. So, I understand and respect the worries people have about his misusing his tariff authority generally, but this bill doesn\u2019t make that danger materially different.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n Asked whether he is concerned that his Democratic colleagues could delay or derail the package, Blumenthal said, \u201cThere are certainly some senators who\u2019ve expressed reservations about it.\u201d He said there are ongoing talks about when a vote could happen. \u201cI don\u2019t know what the negotiations have been on possible time agreements. We\u2019re in the midst of \u2014 well, I do know there are ongoing negotiations about exactly what the sequence of steps will be, you know whether there\u2019ll be a time agreement, how it\u2019s going to be handled.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n GOP Sen. Katie Britt, who Blumenthal noted has stepped in after Graham\u2019s death to help shepherd the package, said the bill\u2019s backers are \u201cworking diligently\u201d to get it passed. \u201cI appreciate my colleagues on both sides of the aisle continuing to find a pathway forward. I think we know it is past time to be able to hold Putin accountable and use economic firepower to drive him to the table and to get an ultimate resolution that everyone wants, which is peace.\u201d\n <\/p>

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