Republicans for tightening sanctions against Russia, but waiting for Trump's approval

"Many members of legislature want us to impose sanctions on Russia as strong as possible. And I am a supporter of this," said Johnson on Monday, but he has not yet talked to president Donald Trump about it. Johnson is the highest ranking Republican who advocated imposing additional sanctions on Russia. organization leader in the legislature John Thune besides declared on Monday that the legislature "is ready to give president Trump all the tools he needs to get Russia to come to the negotiations in a real way.".