Washington — Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Thursday he plans to move ahead with a bill to impose sanctions on Russia that has overwhelming bipartisan support, saying the "time has come."

"I think we need to move," the South Dakota Republican said at the Capitol, shortly after President Trump shared that he was on a call with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Mr. Trump said after the call that he and Putin agreed to meet in Budapest, Hungary, in the near future. The call with Putin came a day before Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is scheduled to visit the White House.

Thune said he did not want to commit to a hard deadline on the Senate taking up the sanctions bill, but told reporters it would be "soon." When asked to define "soon," he added, "next 30 days."

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