Republican Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick said he will use a discharge petition to force a House vote on legislation barring Russian oil purchases, directly challenging President Donald Trump’s authorization of Russian diesel sales.

Nearly a month after President Donald Trump signed a sweeping Russian sanctions bill named after Lindsey Graham, bipartisan leadership in the Senate is urging the administration to act to help Ukraine

The first implementation deadline for sanctions and other measures to squeeze Moscow that were outlined in the Lindsey Graham Sanctioning Russia Act is coming up on Oct. 18.

Nearly a month after President Donald Trump signed a sweeping Russian sanctions bill named after Lindsey Graham into law, bipartisan leadership in the Senate is urging the administration to clamp down more quickly on the flow of financial resources fueling the war against Ukraine.

But none of it was as shocking as what came next. After US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke by phone on October 9, the United States announced that Russia would immediately supply 300,000 tons of diesel to the United States and global markets.

Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) announced on Saturday he would be introducing a bipartisan bill aimed at stopping President Trump from lifting sanctions on Russian oil amid global fuel shortages. “We will be introducing bipartisan legislation to block any and all purchases of Russian oil.