{"id":2632879,"date":"2026-07-20T20:39:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T00:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-resist-trumps-push-to-add-iran-to-russia-sanctions-bill\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T20:43:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T00:43:12","slug":"democrats-resist-trumps-push-to-add-iran-to-russia-sanctions-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-resist-trumps-push-to-add-iran-to-russia-sanctions-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats resist Trump&#8217;s push to add Iran to Russia sanctions bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Fdemocrats-resist-trumps-push-to-add-iran-to-russia-sanctions-bill%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=2632879&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>democrats oppose President Trump\u2019s efforts to include Iran in a bipartisan Russia sanctions bill, complicating the Senate&#8217;s plans to pass the legislation before August recess.The bill, led by late Sen. Lindsey Graham adn co-sponsored by Sen. Richard Blumenthal, aims to impose new sanctions on Russia to fund Ukraine\u2019s defense. While Republicans largely support pairing Iran sanctions with the bill, manny Democrats insist the issues should be considered separately.Trump has publicly advocated for including Iran, especially following recent U.S. troop casualties linked to Iranian attacks, with key GOP senators like Tom Cotton and Tim Scott backing the idea. Senate Majority Leader john Thune supports adding Iran but cautions that time constraints could pose challenges. the legislation has sufficient votes to pass but faces uncertainties regarding bipartisan agreement on including Iran sanctions.  <\/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<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Democrats are resisting President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4\">Donald Trump<\/a>\u2019s push to add Iran to a bipartisan <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4654774\/trump-iran-russian-sanctions-bill-lindsey-graham\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4654774\/trump-iran-russian-sanctions-bill-lindsey-graham\/\">Russia sanctions bill<\/a>, complicating what had appeared to be an easy <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/senate\" type=\"link\" id=\"washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/senate\">Senate<\/a> victory before lawmakers leave Washington for their summer recess.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The GOP-led Senate could advance the long-stalled Russia sanctions package as early as this week in honor of the proposal\u2019s lead Republican sponsor, the late Sen. Lindsey Graham. But Republicans are increasingly embracing Trump\u2019s call to include Iran, while Democrats insist the two issues remain separate, raising questions about whether lawmakers can pass the bill before the August recess.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4656353\/democrats-resist-trump-push-iran-russia-sanctions-bill\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Democrats resist Trump\u2019s push to add Iran to bipartisan Russia sanctions bill<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4654765\/fetterman-trump-noncitizen-voting-2020-election\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Fetterman says \u2018no evidence\u2019 of Trump administration\u2019s noncitizen voting allegations<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4653879\/john-fetterman-threads-the-needle-after-threat-to-abandon-democrats\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>John Fetterman threads the needle after threat to abandon Democrats<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Russia sanctions bill is the product of painstaking \u2014 sometimes painful \u2014 negotiations over many months,\u201d Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), who worked on the legislation with Graham and is a leading co-sponsor, told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. \u201cMy personal view is that it should be passed as is. If there are additional changes, which may be very worthwhile, they should be considered separately.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Republicans are lining up behind Trump\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/116946506480346191\">request<\/a>, made via Truth Social over the weekend, to pair the two after the U.S. death toll from the Iran war climbed to 17 in recent days following three troop casualties from Iranian attacks. Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Tom Cotton (R-AR) and Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), both in leadership, quickly backed the idea.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH), a potential successor to Scott as the next chairman of the Senate GOP\u2019s campaign arm, went a step further.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI won\u2019t support the bill unless it includes Iran,\u201d Moreno told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. \u201cWhy wouldn\u2019t they include Iran? \u2026 If we\u2019re going to do it, let\u2019s do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the days before his death earlier this month, Graham revealed that his latest Russia sanctions bill with Blumenthal received sign-off from Trump. It would impose new economic penalties on Russia and its top leaders, including tariffs on the country\u2019s energy sector and some of the largest purchasers of Russian oil and natural gas, in an effort to squeeze revenue funding Russian President Vladimir Putin\u2019s war against Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4654774\/trump-iran-russian-sanctions-bill-lindsey-graham\/\">TRUMP URGES IRAN\u2019S ADDITION TO RUSSIAN SANCTIONS BILL: \u2018WHAT LINDSEY WANTED\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) also endorsed including Iran sanctions ahead of current ones expiring at year\u2019s end, but cautioned that the math and limited floor time in the coming weeks before Congress heads out on August recess could be tricky. Graham\u2019s revised proposal already has more than the 60 votes needed to break a filibuster, but it\u2019s unclear how much GOP support could deteriorate without Iran and whether enough Democrats could find swift agreement on additional language.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI personally am in favor of that,\u201d Thune said of adding Iran. \u201cIt\u2019s going to come down to what gets 60 [votes].\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrats oppose Trump\u2019s Iran addition to Russia sanctions bill<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3108,"featured_media":2632880,"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\/2026\/07\/blumenthal-iran-russia-sanctions-bill.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[3685,62187,4280,35343],"class_list":["post-2632879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-democrats","tag-iran-sanctions","tag-russia","tag-u-s-politics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/blumenthal-iran-russia-sanctions-bill.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2632879","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\/3108"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2632879"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2632879\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2632882,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2632879\/revisions\/2632882"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2632880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2632879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2632879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2632879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}