Lawmakers are feeling new urgency to slap stricter sanctions on Russia, after NATO forces scrambled fighter jets overnight to shoot down more than a dozen Russian drones that entered Poland’s airspace.
“It’s intensified interest in moving on the sanctions bill,” Senate Majority Leader John Thune told reporters Wednesday morning, referring to legislation that would target both Russia and entities knowingly providing supplies to Russia.
“We need to move,” Thune summarized the conversation among his colleagues.