KONTAN.CO.ID - WASHINGTON, June 25 (Reuters) - A US Senate committee approved legislation on Tuesday that would make it more difficult for President Donald Trump to avoid congressional review of arms sales, underscoring lawmakers' anger over his approval of $8 billion in military deals with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. The Republican-majority Senate Foreign Relations Committee backed the "Saudi Arabia False Emergencies (SAFE) Act," days after the full Senate approved 22 separate resolutions of disapproval of the transactions. The disapproval resolutions did not garner enough support to overcome Trump's promised veto. But lawmakers pledged not to let the issue go, rejecting Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's insistence that the threat from Iran justified pursuing the sales despite human rights concerns and civilian casualties from the two countries' air campaign in Yemen.
U.S. Congress pushing back at Trump over Saudi arms deals
KONTAN.CO.ID - WASHINGTON, June 25 (Reuters) - A US Senate committee approved legislation on Tuesday that would make it more difficult for President Donald Trump to avoid congressional review of arms sales, underscoring lawmakers' anger over his approval of $8 billion in military deals with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. The Republican-majority Senate Foreign Relations Committee backed the "Saudi Arabia False Emergencies (SAFE) Act," days after the full Senate approved 22 separate resolutions of disapproval of the transactions. The disapproval resolutions did not garner enough support to overcome Trump's promised veto. But lawmakers pledged not to let the issue go, rejecting Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's insistence that the threat from Iran justified pursuing the sales despite human rights concerns and civilian casualties from the two countries' air campaign in Yemen.