{"id":2512913,"date":"2025-11-20T16:27:02","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T21:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/thune-faces-house-pushback-to-voting-first-on-russia-sanctions\/"},"modified":"2025-11-20T16:27:28","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T21:27:28","slug":"thune-faces-house-pushback-to-voting-first-on-russia-sanctions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/thune-faces-house-pushback-to-voting-first-on-russia-sanctions\/","title":{"rendered":"Thune faces House pushback to voting first on Russia sanctions"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthune-faces-house-pushback-to-voting-first-on-russia-sanctions%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2512913&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses a growing tension between the House and Senate over the timing of a vote on a Russia sanctions bill. Senate majority Leader John Thune urges House Speaker Mike Johnson to have the House pass the bill first, especially now that former President Donald Trump supports it.Though,several senior House GOP aides were surprised by this suggestion,as the Senate had been leading discussions with the White House and expected to vote first. house sources argue that it makes more sense for the Senate to act first, as they see it as the more practical approach.<\/p>\n<p>The sanctions legislation targets Russia&#8217;s energy sector through tariffs and secondary sanctions, and it has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/colorado-democrats-introduce-assault-style-weapons-ban\/\" title=\"Colorado Democrats introduce assault-style weapons ban\">undergone multiple revisions<\/a> to accommodate Trump&#8217;s demands for waiver flexibility. The bill aims to strengthen U.S. leverage in peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine. It currently has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lawmakers-debate-future-infrastructure-bills\/\" title=\"Lawmakers debate future infrastructure ...s\">strong bipartisan support<\/a>, with 85 Senate co-sponsors and over 110 in the House.<\/p>\n<p>Despite some disagreements between Thune and Johnson on this and other issues, both <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >leaders emphasize ongoing communication<\/a> and shared goals. Simultaneously occurring,the house is preparing to hold a vote irrespective of which chamber acts first,with key lawmakers pushing for immediate passage. The White House-approved version of the bill has been distributed to relevant committees in both chambers as lawmakers finalize details.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Thune faces House pushback to voting first on Russia sanctions<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2409179\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/russia-sanctions\/\">Russia sanctions<\/a> bill is fanning new tensions between the House and Senate as Majority Leader <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/john-thune\/\">John Thune<\/a> (R-SD) calls on Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) to pass the legislation first.<\/p>\n<p>Three senior House GOP aides, granted anonymity to speak candidly, described being surprised Wednesday after Thune suggested the Senate would wait for the House to act now that President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> has given his blessing to the sanctions bill.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3893915\/jasmine-crockett-wrongly-accused-lee-zeldin-donations-jeffrey-epstein\/\">Crockett blasted after wrongly accusing Lee Zeldin of taking donations from Jeffrey Epstein<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3893338\/lance-gooden-asks-pam-bondi-investigate-china-involvement-energy-sector\/\">Lance Gooden asks Pam Bondi to investigate China&#8217;s involvement in the energy sector<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3893353\/house-members-react-sheila-cherfilus-mccormick-indictment\/\">House members react to indictment of Florida Democrat: &#8216;Most egregious abuses of public trust&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Until this point, Senate Republicans have taken the lead on discussions with the White House, they argued, and were expecting Thune to schedule a vote once the president was on board. Two sources said the Senate, not the House, should move first on the bill.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s the House&rsquo;s understanding that the most practical avenue to get this accomplished is for this to originate in the Senate,&rdquo; said one of the House GOP sources.<\/p>\n<p>Thune said Wednesday that leadership was still discussing how to send the bill, which punishes Russia through tariffs and secondary sanctions, to Trump&rsquo;s desk and that he believed House action made the most sense since revenue legislation originates in the lower chamber.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Joining him are Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH), a senior member of the House Armed Services Committee who <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepMikeTurner\/status\/1991225190756614215?s=20\">publicly called<\/a> on Johnson to pass the bill &ldquo;immediately&rdquo; after Thune&rsquo;s remarks.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The House aides counter that Thune has revenue bills available to him, with one source pointing to a Taiwan tax measure currently before the Senate Finance Committee.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson has yet to weigh in on the question of timing. He discussed a path forward with Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), the lead House co-sponsor, on the floor Wednesday, according to a source familiar with the conversation.<\/p>\n<p>Fitzpatrick has a discharge petition that would force a vote and previously advocated passing it as part of a government funding deal.<\/p>\n<p>The Russia sanctions bill is nonetheless becoming an unwanted point of friction between the two chambers. Johnson and Thune have already had two policy disagreements this week over the handling of the Epstein files and a separate measure that would allow senators to sue the Justice Department over phone surveillance.<\/p>\n<p>Thune acknowledged the disagreements on Wednesday while downplaying the notion that there&rsquo;s an emerging rift.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think sometimes there are differences of opinion or disagreements that are partly related to the difference between the House and the Senate &ndash; they&rsquo;re different cultures &ndash; but in the end, the speaker and I talk regularly, we communicate on a consistent basis, and we are unified in terms of our objectives and goals,&rdquo; Thune told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>The House is preparing for a vote regardless of which chamber goes first. A senior House aide told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> that the White House-approved bill text has now been shared with the chairs and ranking members of all relevant committees.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), the lead Senate co-sponsor, has also been in touch with the White House as details are finalized and said there was a call Wednesday with lawmakers in both chambers.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3890132\/waste-fraud-abuse-gop-rallying-cry-obamacare\/\"><strong>&lsquo;WASTE, FRAUD, AND ABUSE&rsquo; BECOMES GOP RALLYING CRY FOR OBAMACARE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The legislation, which targets Russia&rsquo;s energy sector, has gone through multiple iterations as Trump demanded more flexibility to waive the penalties. Lawmakers have pitched the legislation as a way to give the White House leverage as it seeks a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>As of Thursday, it has 85 Senate co-sponsors and more than 110 in the House.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thune meets House resistance on voting first for Russia sanctions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3660,"featured_media":2512914,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AP25283662176082-1.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[3653,9732,54233,23610,4351],"class_list":["post-2512913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-house","tag-pushback","tag-russia-sanctions","tag-thune","tag-voting"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AP25283662176082-1.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2512913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3660"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2512913"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2512913\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2512917,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2512913\/revisions\/2512917"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2512914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2512913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2512913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2512913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}