{"id":41246,"date":"2019-06-26T14:52:23","date_gmt":"2019-06-26T14:52:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2019\/06\/26\/senate-advances-bill-to-push-back-on-trumps-saudi-arms-sales\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T23:21:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T23:21:47","slug":"senate-advances-bill-to-push-back-on-trumps-saudi-arms-sales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2019\/06\/26\/senate-advances-bill-to-push-back-on-trumps-saudi-arms-sales\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate advances bill to push back on Trump\u2019s Saudi arms sales"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2015 The Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday advanced new restrictions on the president\u2019s ability to use emergency authorities to sell arms without Congress\u2019 approval.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The bipartisan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foreign.senate.gov\/press\/ranking\/release\/saudi-arabia-false-emergencies-act-approved-by-senate-foreign-relations-committee\" target=\"_blank\">bill<\/a> \u2015 called the Saudi Arabia False Emergencies (SAFE) Act \u2015 is a rebuke of President Donald Trump\u2019s use of an emergency declaration to sell U.S. arms to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. It comes a week after the Senate\u2019s historic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2019\/06\/20\/us-senate-votes-to-kill-saudi-arms-sales-defying-trump-veto-threat\/\" target=\"_blank\">passage<\/a> of 22 measures aimed at blocking White House plans for $8.1 billion in military sales to the two nations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The House is expected to follow the Senate, though the two chambers are not expected to have enough votes to overturn a presidential veto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The bill\u2019s sponsor, committee ranking member Sen. 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The legislation also requires the president show Congress detailed justifications for individual arms sales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under the Arms Export Control Act, Congress has 30 days to review a sale before it is finalized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The bill was co-sponsored by Democratic Sens. Patrick Leahy of Vermont and Chris Murphy of Connecticut, as well as Republican Sens. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Rand Paul of Kentucky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was opposed by the committee\u2019s chairman, Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho, which leaves the bill\u2019s path to a Senate floor vote unclear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lawmakers from both parties have opposed arms sales to Saudi Arabia over concerns about civilian casualties in the Saudi-led air campaign in Yemen as well as the death of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi. 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