Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in Washington on July 28, 2026, to salvage the Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025 (S.1241), a Russia sanctions bill now stalled in Congress. The initial agreement was reached on July 10, 2026, in Kyiv by a bipartisan group of senators with the support of Senator Lindsey Graham, who died in mid-July, leaving a void that now paralyzes the legislative process. Zelensky met with President Trump in the morning and addressed all 100 U.S. senators in the evening to fill that gap. The resistance to the bill does not come from traditionally skeptical Republicans, but from Democrats who are concerned about two provisions: secondary tariff mechanisms against countries purchasing Russian energy, and the broad executive power the legislation would grant to any president.
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