In the shadow of a senator's sudden death, the House passed the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026 by a vote of 262 to 159, sending to the president's desk a sweeping set of tools designed to squeeze Russia's war economy through tariffs and sanctions. The bill's passage reflects both the enduring weight of Graham's final diplomatic effort and the uneasy bargain struck between those who wish to punish Russian aggression and those who fear the powers granted may be turned to other ends. What the legislation ultimately becomes depends less on its text than on the hands now