Senate planning bipartisan effort to block Trump’s emergency arms deals benefiting Saudi Arabia
By Karoun Demirjian June 4 at 7:20 PM
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s top Democrat and a close congressional ally of President Trump are teaming up to try to block 22 arms deals largely benefiting Saudi Arabia, a move that seeks to quash the administration’s attempt to use emergency powers to circumvent congressional objections.
Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) said in an interview Tuesday that he would introduce “22 resolutions of disapproval” — one for each deal the Trump administration informed lawmakers last month it would push through, raising objections from Democrats and Republicans.
Joining him in the effort is Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.), who said Tuesday that he is “on board with Menendez.” Graham, one of Trump’s closest allies in Congress, also has been one of the most vocal critics of his embrace of Saudi leaders, particularly in the wake of last year’s brutal killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-approved-sharing-sensitive-nuclear-technology-with-saudi-arabia-after-khashoggi-murder/2019/06/04/d7b76676-86ef-11e9-a870-b9c411dc4312_story.html?utm_term=.8402a2c47b53
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