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 "slug": "senate-passes-lindsey-graham-sanctioning-russia-iran-act-86-11-100-percent-tariff-authority-paul-wyden",
 "title": "Senate Passes the Graham Sanctions Act 86 to 11 — the Move to Strip Its Tariff Authority Failed 32 to 64",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/senate-passes-lindsey-graham-sanctioning-russia-iran-act-86-11-100-percent-tariff-authority-paul-wyden/",
 "canonical": "https://www.grosswald.org/senate-passes-lindsey-graham-sanctioning-russia-iran-act-86-11-100-percent-tariff-authority-paul-wyden/",
 "type": "article",
 "published": "2026-08-07T19:42:00.000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-08-11T19:43:03.000+02:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWashington, 7 August 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * The Senate passed the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026 on Friday 7 August, 86 votes to 11, sixteen months after the original Sanctioning Russia Act was introduced\n * The Paul-Wyden amendment to strip the tariff authority failed 32 to 64 — the only direct challenge to the instrument at the centre of the bill\n * Two rates, drawn under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act: up to 100 per cent on imports from ",
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  "ukraine"
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 "tags": [
  "defense-policy",
  "russia-ukraine-conflict"
 ],
 "sources": [],
 "entities": [
  "european-union",
  "russia",
  "united-kingdom"
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  "countries": [
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   "united-kingdom"
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