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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
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 13 2016, @03:27PM
If they have the votes to override the veto, then they're not *just* doing it to look like they care... and it is also election year posturing.
If they don't have the votes to override the veto, then they're doing it just to look like they care... and it is also election year posturing.
And puhleeze... crates of dollar bills from Riyadh are not necessary. Certain favors which make certain "big oil" legislators look good to their bases, and those big oil legislators wheeling-dealing to control the legislation on this such that Obama is forced to downvote it and everyone knows it. Not one dollar bill needs to be transferred to the legislators to make this go down properly.
(Score: 2) by art guerrilla on Tuesday September 13 2016, @04:39PM
um, i didnt think anyone would take the pallets thing literally, but the outcome is the same: kongresskritters who play along will be rewarded one way or another...