House Speaker Mike Johnson sent the House of Representatives back home on Wednesday, in order to block a floor debate on Rep. Thomas Massie’s Privileged Resolution calling for the impeachment of `Testosterone Pete’ Hegseth. But before it recessed, the House made sure to pass, 262–159, the “Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026.” Since this war party bill was already passed by the Senate, it now goes before President Trump for signing. President Trump has made no public comment since its passage, but India’s ANI news agency reported today that an (unnamed) White House official told ANI that “the President plans to sign the bill.”

The main aim of the bill is to block Russia’s exports of oil and gas, in support of NATO’s Ukraine war against Russia. It not only specifies sanctions against Russian companies and individuals involved in oil and gas exports, but gives Trump the authority, should he choose to use it, to impose tariffs of up to 100% on other countries who continue to buy Russian oil and gas. That threat, its supporters claim, will be enough to frighten even India and China, both large importers of Russian oil and gas, into following this U.S. dictate. (Iran was tagged onto the original bill at the White House’s request; the last five-year extension of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (!) was about to expire. The Lindsey Graham bill extends that act for another five years, until 2031.)

Russian Presidential spokesman Dimitry Peskov called its passage “an unfriendly act,” and warned it would only hinder any Ukrainian settlement if implemented, TASS reported from his briefing today.