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'A big effing deal': Graham's final mission moves forward after his death

Of the many political crusades the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., undertook, few were as front of mind for him than crippling Russia’s war machine in its conflict with Ukraine.Yet during the last year-and-a-half of President Donald Trump’s second term, momentum behind a bone-crushing sanctions package against Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Kremlin would start and stop, with hopes rising and falling for its proponents every few months.Earlier this year, Graham had similarly gotten a green light from the White House for a different iteration of the package.SENATE DEMS DRAW RARE LINE...