The House approved legislation Thursday that would codify the Biden administration’s ban on Russian oil imports and suspend normal trade relations with Russia and Belarus.
Passage of both bills came just hours after the Senate cleared each of them unanimously, 100-0.
While the House passed both measures with widespread bipartisan support, there were still a handful of defections among the far right and far left.
The first bill to suspend normal trade relations with Russia and Belarus, as well as reauthorize sanctions for human rights violations and corruption, passed by a vote of 420-3. Republican Reps. Matt Gaetz (Fla.), Marjorie Taylor Greene (Ga.) and Thomas Massie (Ky.) were the only lawmakers to vote against the measure.
The second bill to codify the ban on imports of Russian oil, liquefied natural gas and coal, meanwhile, passed by a vote of 413-9. Two Democrats, Reps. Ilhan Omar (Minn.) and Cori Bush (Mo.), voted against the bill, along with Republican Reps. Andy Biggs (Ariz.), Dan Bishop (N.C.), Gaetz, Paul Gosar (Ariz.), Greene, Massie and Chip Roy (Texas).
Both measures now head to President Biden for his signature.
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