Paul's vote was unsurprising, as he'd also opposed yesterday's amendment on adding Russian Federation sanctions to the bill. Sen. Only Senators Rand Paul and Bernie Sanders voted against the legislation.
House leadership has not yet decided when or if it will take up the bill.
Graham, a South Carolina Republican who ran against Trump for the Republican presidential nomination, says the unanimous vote "should reassure our allies and give notice to our enemies that America stands firmly in support of North Atlantic Treaty Organisation and our Article 5 commitment".
Senate Republican Lindsey Graham said the sanctions send a strong signal that 'business as usual with Iran is over'.
Linking the Russian Federation sanctions to Iran measures will make it more hard for US President Donald Trump to take actions to ease sanctions on Russian Federation and would prohibit the president from doing so without Congress' approval.
The White House has yet to announce its position on the legislation, and whether it approves of a process of congressional review that would essentially restrict the president's actions with regard to Putin's government. US lawmakers, however, are going in another direction.
"This administration has been too eager, far too eager in my mind, to put sanctions relief on the table", Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) said.
Russian President Vladimir Putin's "brazen attack on our democracy is a flagrant demonstration of his disdain and disrespect for our nation", Sen.
In addition, within 180 days after the introduction of amendments, the head of the U.S. Treasury Department must submit a report on the possible consequences of extending sanctions on Russia's sovereign debt to the Congress.
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"I would urge Congress to ensure any legislation allows the president to have the flexibility to adjust sanctions to meet the needs of what is always an evolving diplomatic situation", Tillerson said Wednesday during the House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing.
"I'm concerned about it, but I don't really have the ability to dictate what the White House says to the House", Sen.
"I think we all agree this has been a rather partisan beginning to a new administration".
But the Senate moved forward anyway.
"We see destabilizing act after destabilizing act [by Iran], from missile launches to arms transfers to terrorist training to illicit financial activities to targeting Navy ships and detaining American citizens", said the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Republican Bob Corker of Tennessee.
Trump has said several times that he hoped to work with Russian Federation on fighting terrorism around the world, specifically the Islamic State group that has taken hold in Iraq and Syria.
However, the official did want it to be known that the administration "supports sanctions on Russian Federation and that the political ramifications of any veto have not been discussed yet". They would target Russia's defense, intelligence, railway, mining and shipping industries.
The measure adding sanctions on Iran due to its ballistic missile program, support for terrorism and human rights breaches passed Thursday in a 98-2 vote.
If passed, the new Russian Federation provisions would make it more hard for Trump to relax sanctions against the country.
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