Senate to delay vacation to override Obama veto
President Obama vetoed a bill that allows families of 9/11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Tuesday that the Senate will take up an expected veto override of legislation that lets families of 9/11 victims sue Saudi Arabia in U.S. courts before breaking for the elections.
“Both of those we’ll have to deal with before we depart,” McConnell told reporters.
He was referring to the veto override and a separate push to block a proposed arms sale to Saudi Arabia.
The Senate is scheduled to be in session through early October, but lawmakers were hoping to leave town as soon as this week until after the election.
McConnell said Tuesday that it’s “safe to say” the Senate will be in session next week.
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arc99 September 20th, 2016 at 15:49
So there is sufficient suspicion about the culpability of the Saudi government in 9/11 to pass this bill to allow victims to sue the Saudi government. But at the same time, those who support this bill do not want to restrict arms sales. Can’t allow the profit margins of arms dealers to be compromised in any way.
This bill is a bad idea.
Perhaps that will dawn on supporters when Iraqis start suing us for wrecking their country.
Larry Schmitt September 20th, 2016 at 16:46
No, they’ll never make the connection.
amersham1046 September 20th, 2016 at 18:23
and there are only 2 dots
eyelashviper September 20th, 2016 at 17:28
VACATION???? When have they done any work?
The only hope for this country, truly, is a complete sweep across the nation in November, and send every Goper, Teaper, Ayn Rand fan running for cover. Even with a good Congress, and good Governors, it is going to take some very hard work to undo the terrible works of these miscreants in office.
Gary Parillo September 20th, 2016 at 18:19
Well stated.I’d give it 3 thumbs up,but only have 2!
William September 20th, 2016 at 17:35
But Supreme court vacancies can wait.https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/d9d7b7bae39d8eab40fe1e85fd644947c163626e83dbdf2052c691990e2bb44e.jpg
amersham1046 September 20th, 2016 at 18:23
tick, tick , tick , Mitch McConnell are you listening, only 50 days to go
Red Mann September 20th, 2016 at 20:55
They have no clue of the Pandora’s box this bill would open. The US, in particular, would likely be hit with tens of thousands of lawsuits. We, meaning the country under Bush, did attack a country without justification and murder over 100,000 people, we did destroy the infrastructure of a country. This is actual fact, easily proven in court. If we allow our citizens to sue a sovereign country, there will be nothing to stop foreign citizens from suing ours. Just the cost of defense will be in the billions, losing suits could go into the trillions.
fahvel September 21st, 2016 at 03:10
as long as the presidents and premiers and leaders of countries act like kings with special privileges, they should be sued for every offensive breath they take and act they commit. The usa is as culpable for evil and death and destruction around the world as any other aggressive gluttonous power.
Kevin September 20th, 2016 at 23:25
The thinking is that this bill is sufficiently constrained so as to only allow specific prosecutions that focus on alleged Saudi involvement in 911. While this attitude shows just how corrupt the US political system and thinking is, ie. that only harm caused to US citizens should be rectifiable, it underestimates the uncertainty of the US legal system. It can be posited we will see quite quickly any potential prosecution of Saudi Arabia as a precedent to widen the scope of the bill or as a minimum a landslide of appeals to the Supreme Court to test the constitutionality of such limited scope legislation. These appeals will of course be based on that well understood legal precedent, “What’s Good for the Goose is Good for the Gander”.