Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) on Monday poured cold water on the likelihood that bipartisan legislation to place heavy sanctions on countries that buy oil from Russia will be added to a continuing resolution to fund the government past Sept. 30.

Thune said he hopes the sanctions legislation sponsored by Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) becomes “ripe” to move in the Senate soon, but he cast doubt on the likelihood of that happening.

“I would say that Russia sanctions — I’m hoping, I talked to Lindsey over the weekend. I hope it’s ripe here soon but I think one of the things the president is trying ensure happens before we do secondary sanctions is that our European allies join us,” Thune told reporters.

“I think it would … minimize the effectiveness of the sanctions unless we ha

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