The Senate voted 53-45 on Thursday to pass 22 resolutions seeking to block the Trump administration’s sale of weapons to Saudi Arabia, despite the White House threatening to veto the packagemoments before the vote.
Why it matters: This marks yet another bipartisan rebuke of the administration’s close relationship with Saudi Arabia, which has come under increasing scrutiny in the months since the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the hands of the Saudi government. In March, the Senate voted to end U.S. supportfor the Saudi-led war in Yemen, a resolution that forced Trump to issue the second vetoof his presidency. Continue reading “Senate votes to block Saudi arm sales despite veto threat”