{"id":35941,"date":"2019-06-20T16:51:48","date_gmt":"2019-06-20T16:51:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smg.go-vip.net\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2019\/06\/20\/us-senate-votes-to-kill-saudi-arms-sales-defying-trump-veto-threat\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T22:54:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T22:54:50","slug":"us-senate-votes-to-kill-saudi-arms-sales-defying-trump-veto-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2019\/06\/20\/us-senate-votes-to-kill-saudi-arms-sales-defying-trump-veto-threat\/","title":{"rendered":"US Senate votes to kill Saudi arms sales, defying Trump veto threat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2015 The Senate passed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2019\/05\/29\/us-lawmakers-hope-to-block-trumps-saudi-arms-sale-push\/\" target=_blank>22 measures<\/a> aimed at blocking White House plans for $8.1 billion in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2019\/05\/24\/trump-pushes-through-bomb-sales-over-congress-objections-dems-warn-of-repercussions-for-industry\/\" target=_blank>military sales<\/a> to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2015 setting up a veto showdown with President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The disapproval resolutions passed in three votes with a handful of Republicans joining Democrats to pass each measure and no Democratic defectors \u2015 53-45 for the first two votes and 51-45 for the final vote. The simple majority votes suggest the measures are vulnerable to the White House\u2019s veto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The White House issued a veto threat ahead of the vote that argued Saudi Arabia serves as a bulwark against Iran and its proxies in the region, but also that halting the sales would trigger \u201cunintended consequences\u201d for allies beyond the Middle East. The Trump administration cited an impact on the global supply chain \u2015 specifically allies South Korea, India, Jordan and others with co-production licensing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c[M]uch of the transatlantic defense industry is highly integrated and reliant on United States components and intellectual property \u2014 cooperation that ensures interoperability, which in turn makes NATO stronger,\u201d the veto threat reads. \u201cThe proposed joint resolutions would threaten the reliability of the United States as a partner in defense [research and development], as a supplier of defense equipment, and as a stalwart for ensuring NATO interoperability.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The range of sales involves Paveway precision-guided munitions and F110 engines for F-15 jets for Saudi Arabia; Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System laser-guided rockets and Patriot missiles for the UAE; and Paveway II precision-guided munitions for Jordan. Details of the sales were published in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/congressional-record\/2019\/6\/4\/senate-section\/article\/s3203-3?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22saudi+arabia%22%5D%7D&#038;s=3&#038;r=1\" target=_blank>Congressional Record<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/2019\/06\/20\/iran-revolutionary-guard-shoots-down-us-drone-amid-tensions\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/7179927491_1e0bba0c7c_o.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Iran Revolutionary Guard shoots down US drone amid tensions<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Iran Revolutionary Guard said it shot down the drone over Iranian airspace, while two U.S. officials told The Associated Press that the downing happened over international airspace in the Strait of Hormuz. The different accounts could not be immediately reconciled.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thurday\u2019s action was led by Senate Foreign Relations Committee ranking member Bob Menendez, D-N.J. \u201cWe must both assert our role in upholding the rule of law at home and use our position to ensure that when our government seeks to sell weapons, those sales advance our national security interests and our values,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The unprecedented move reflects growing concerns from Democratic and Republican members of Congress over civilian casualties in the Saudi air campaign in Yemen and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman\u2019s alleged involvement in the death of journalist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2018\/12\/10\/senate-faces-off-with-trump-over-khashoggi\/\" target=_blank>Jamal Khashoggi<\/a> at the Saudi consulate in Turkey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Arguing an increased threat from Iran, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo declared an emergency on May 24 to waive the congressional review process for those sales. That further angered lawmakers because it upset the practice of congressional holds and raised concerns a future administration might similarly bypass Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ahead of the vote, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., gave a floor speech expressing his own misgivings with Saudi Arabia, \u201can imperfect partner,\u201d but strongly opposed the resolutions as, \u201can overly blunt tool\u201d and ill-timed. He was one of several critics, including Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Jim Risch, R-Idaho, and Senate Armed Services AirLand Subcommittee Chairman Tom Cotton, R-Ark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cLet\u2019s not cut ourselves off from our partners,&#8221; McConnell said. \u201cLet\u2019s not undercut the administration at a time of such delicate diplomacy and tension with Iran.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Amid heightened tensions between Tehran and Washington over the collapsing nuclear deal with world powers, Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guard shot down a U.S. drone on Thursday, according to both sides. U.S. Central Command said the RQ-4A Global Hawk maritime surveillance drone was shot down by an Iranian surface-to-air missile, \u201can unprovoked attack,\u201d while in international airspace over the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The incident prompted Trump to warn in tweet that Iran \u201cmade a very big mistake.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The resolutions\u2019 Republican co-sponsors include South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham \u2015 an ally of the president and chairman of the panel that oversees State Department funding \u2015 and Sens. Rand Paul and Todd Young. The other co-sponsors were Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., and the top Democrats on the Armed Services Committee, Sen. Jack Reed, and the Appropriations Committee, Sen. Patrick Leahy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Graham, previously a defender of Saudi Arabia, said the relationship has been forever changed by Khashoggi\u2019s death and other human rights violations \u2015 which Graham called disrespectful to Trump and the strategic partnership with the U.S. The Yemen war, Graham said, is \u201cout of control.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe reason I\u2019m voting with Sen. Paul and others today is to send a signal to Saudi Arabia that if you act the way you\u2019re acting, there is no space for a strategic relationship,\u201d Graham said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere is no amount of oil you can produce that will get me and others to give you a pass on chopping somebody up in a consulate. Did M.B.S. do it? Yes. Not because the U.N. said so but because our intelligence and my common sense lead me to believe there is no viable alternative,\u201d he added, using an acronym for the Saudi crown prince.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2019\/06\/19\/us-point-person-on-iran-says-trump-wants-to-negotiate\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19170445549442.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">US envoy on Iran says Trump wants diplomacy, not war<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">President Donald Trump\u2019s Iran policy is ultimately aimed at bringing Tehran to the negotiating table, the U.S. special envoy for Iran testified Wednesday as lawmakers demanded clarity about the administration\u2019s strategy in the Middle East.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 1976 Arms Export Control Act provides the special procedures whereby lawmakers can introduce a privileged joint resolution of disapproval against a proposed arm sale. In the Senate, a resolution can be discharged from the committee of jurisdiction, forcing a vote on the Senate floor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">McConnell and Menendez struck a deal to have two of the 22 resolutions debated and receive separate votes while the others would be voted on as a package. The arrangement was to prevent the large number of resolutions from tying up Senate business for weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Separately, the Democratic-controlled House passed a $1 trillion spending package Thursday that contained an amendment to block funding for Trump\u2019s arms sales to Saudi Arabia and the UAE. That measure passed with a bipartisan vote, 237-191.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Eliot Engel, D-N.Y., this week ripped the administration\u2019s means of advancing them and its stance toward Iran. The U.S. has sped an aircraft carrier to the Mideast and deployed additional troops alongside the tens of thousands already in the region, while the Houthi rebels from Yemen have launched bomb-laden drones into neighboring Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe administration\u2019s most recent steps seem to be pushing us more toward confrontation than negotiation,\u201d Engel said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe carrier group, rushing through the arms sale to Saudi Arabia &#8230; coming up with a phony emergency to circumvent Congress and get these missiles to Saudi Arabia, putting more boots on the ground for supposedly defensive reasons \u2014 all framed by increasingly belligerent rhetoric. It does bother me because we should be trying to prevent confrontation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Senate passed 22 measures aimed at blocking White House plans for $8.1 billion in military sales to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab 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