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Bipartisan pushback over arms sales
June 5, 2019, 2:25 PM EDT
By Dan De Luce and Robert Windrem
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.
The announcement from the bipartisan group of senators was the first response from Congress after the Trump administration bypassed lawmakers on May 24 to push through more than $8 billion worth of arms deals to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Jordan.
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 ...
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/trump-faces-bipartisan-pushback-over-arms-sales-saudi-arabia-uae-n1014191