Bipartisan group of lawmakers pushes not just for ban on Russian oil, but broad trade halt

Washington’s efforts to punish Russia for its invasion of Ukraine continued to ramp up Monday, as a bipartisan group of lawmakers announced an agreement on a “legislative path forward to ban the import of energy products from Russia and to suspend normal trade relations with both Russia and Belarus.”

The agreement involves the House Ways and Means Committee’s chairman, Democratic Rep. Richard Neal of Massachusetts, and its top Republican, Rep. Kevin Brady of Texas, along with the Senate Finance Committee’s chairman, Democratic...