Senators from both sides of the aisle say they plan to block US arms sales to Saudi Arabia and other Arab states in a bipartisan rebuke of President Trump, saying they had to act to safeguard Congress's right to review weapons deals.
WASHINGTON — Senators from both sides of the aisle said Wednesday they planned to block U.S. arms sales to Saudi Arabia and other Arab states in a bipartisan rebuke of President Donald Trump, saying they had to act to safeguard Congress's right to review weapons deals.
Congress by law reviews all arms sales. But Secretary of State Mike Pompeo declared a national security"emergency" to push through the package without congressional approval, citing what he called an urgent threat posed by Iran. In a vote in March to end U.S. military support for the Saudi-led war in Yemen and check presidential war powers, seven Republican senators joined Democrats to pass the bill. Trump vetoed the legislation last month.
"The manner in which the administration has moved forward with these sales is unprecedented and is at odds with longstanding practice and cooperation between the Congress and the executive branch that results in the approval of billions of dollars of arms sales annually," the senators' statement said.
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