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posted by martyb on Tuesday September 13 2016, @09:19AM   Printer-friendly
from the otherwise-we-could-be-both-goose-AND-gander dept.

President Obama plans to veto a bipartisan bill that would create an exception to the sovereign immunity doctrine, allowing victims of state-sponsored terrorism to sue foreign governments:

President Barack Obama will veto a bill that would allow terror victims of the attacks on September 11, 2001, to sue Saudi Arabia, the White House said Monday. "That's still the plan," White House press secretary Josh Earnest said when asked if the President planned to veto the bill. The White House had previously suggested Obama would not sign the bill when it first passed the Senate in May saying it would complicate diplomatic relations. [...] Lawmakers are expected to attempt to override the veto, and if successful, would mark the first time in Obama's presidency.

The bill passed in the House and Senate unanimously.

Also at The New York Times , Reuters.

S.2040 - Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act

Previously: Saudi Arabia Threatens to Sell $750 Billion in US Assets If 9/11 Bill Passes


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 13 2016, @03:23PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 13 2016, @03:23PM (#401339)

    Lame duck president in an election year. They know he will veto it because the political repercussions for him are minimal, which is why everyone in the Senate passed it. They know it is a bad bill, but Obama gives them political cover just before the election. And I bet the override vote doesn't happen (if it happens at all) until after the election.