Late senator spent final days of his life working to advance bill that will now head to the House after 86-11 Senate vote<\/p>\n
By a large, bipartisan margin, the US Senate on Friday approved a bill intended to punish Russia and countries that buy its petroleum exports over the invasion of Ukraine, capping a legislative push that was spurred by the death of its champion, the Republican senator Lindsey Graham.<\/p>\n
The measure, renamed the Lindsey O Graham Sanctioning Russia Act in honor of the late senator\u2019s work on the issue, was approved by an 86-11 vote. Rand Paul of Kentucky was the sole Republican to oppose the legislation, together with 10 Democrats.<\/p>\n
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