A day earlier, the Senate voted to adopt an amendment to the bill that would expand sanctions against Russia, CBS News reported. The two "no" senators were Republicans Rand Paul of Kentucky and Mike Lee of Utah.
Democrats pressed for and succeeded in adding a measure that would restrict President Donald Trump - whose administration has been entangled in investigations into ties to Russian officials - from lifting the sanctions unless approved by Congress.
Senators voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to write stiff sanctions against Russian Federation into law and to give Congress a say should President Trump try to lift them, making a bipartisan strike against the government of President Vladimir Putin.
The legislation would impose new sanctions against "corrupt Russian actors", "those involved in serious human rights abuses", Russians providing arms to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime or those engaged in cyberattacks on behalf of the government.
Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia, the top Democrat on the intelligence committee, said it cost Russian Federation very little to cause chaos by meddling in the elections of other countries, including the United States, France and the Netherlands. "Any idea of the President that he can lift sanctions on his own for whatever reason are dashed by this legislation".
The Senate voted overwhelmingly Thursday to pass sanctions against the regimes in Iran and Russian Federation, targeting the former for its ballistic missile program and the latter for its aggressive cyber war against the United States. "So my caution is I wouldn't want to have ourselves handcuffed to Minsk if it turns out the parties decide to settle this through different agreement".
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The congressional review measure is part of a wider deal that would not only strengthen those existing sanctions, but also enact new ones.
"We will keep them in place until Moscow fully honors its commitment to resolve the crisis in Ukraine", Sanders said.
The measures need the approval of the House of Representatives and to be signed into law by President Trump, although they are thought to have enough Congressional support to override any veto.
"I called over myself yesterday and just shared some thoughts with them". Bob Corker of Tennessee, the Republican chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, joined the effort to push the legislation forward.
Secretary Tillerson says U.S. -Russia relations are at a new low and he's trying to stabilize that.
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