Senate Votes 100-0 To End Russia Trade Status, Enact Oil Ban

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer says images coming out of Ukraine as the war drags on "are pure, pure evil."

The Senate voted unanimously Thursday to suspend normal trade relations with Russia and ban the importation of its oil, ratcheting up the U.S. response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine amid reports of atrocities.

Lawmakers overwhelmingly support the substance of the two bills, but they had languished for weeks in the Senate as lawmakers worked to hammer out the final details. Both bills are expected to gain the House's support later Thursday before going to President Joe Biden to be signed into law.

Each bill passed the Senate unanimously, 100-0.