jimnyc
09-29-2016, 10:30 PM
This is funny. Did dumbo ears really think this would stand? Even his cronies on the left are flipping him the bird on this one!
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WHITE HOUSE: Senate override of 9/11 bill veto 'most embarrassing thing' lawmakers have done in decades
White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest on Wednesday called the Senate's override vote on legislation that would allow the families of 9/11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia the "most embarrassing thing" the legislative body has done in decades.
It's "the single most embarrassing thing the United States Senate has done possibly since 1983," he told reporters after news broke of the Senate's 97-to-1 vote.
Earnest was answering a question about the size of the override, which was the largest margin since the Senate voted 95 to 0 in 1983 to override a veto by former President Ronald Reagan.
The House overturned the veto later Wednesday afternoon, which put the measure into law.
"I look forward to the opportunity for Congress to override the president's veto, provide these families with the chance to seek the justice they deserve, and send a clear message that we will not tolerate those who finance terrorism in the United States," Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn of Texas said in a statement Friday after President Barack Obama vetoed the bill.
The override marked the first time that Congress overruled one of Obama's vetoes.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/white-house-senate-override-9-183813076.html
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WHITE HOUSE: Senate override of 9/11 bill veto 'most embarrassing thing' lawmakers have done in decades
White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest on Wednesday called the Senate's override vote on legislation that would allow the families of 9/11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia the "most embarrassing thing" the legislative body has done in decades.
It's "the single most embarrassing thing the United States Senate has done possibly since 1983," he told reporters after news broke of the Senate's 97-to-1 vote.
Earnest was answering a question about the size of the override, which was the largest margin since the Senate voted 95 to 0 in 1983 to override a veto by former President Ronald Reagan.
The House overturned the veto later Wednesday afternoon, which put the measure into law.
"I look forward to the opportunity for Congress to override the president's veto, provide these families with the chance to seek the justice they deserve, and send a clear message that we will not tolerate those who finance terrorism in the United States," Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn of Texas said in a statement Friday after President Barack Obama vetoed the bill.
The override marked the first time that Congress overruled one of Obama's vetoes.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/white-house-senate-override-9-183813076.html