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GOP Senators have locked in the votes needed for an initial move to block Trump’s Saudi arms sales, paving the way for a high-stakes veto showdown. #WednesdayWisdom thehill.com/homenews/senat…
2-"The Senate is expected to take up the 22 resolutions of disapproval as soon as next week, to block each of the sales, after Trump invoked an emergency provision under the Arms Export Control Act to push through the sales without a congressional review period. Because lawmakers
3-"are challenging the sales under the same law, they need only a simple majority to send the resolutions to the president...Three GOP senators — Sens. Rand Paul (Ky.), Lindsey Graham (S.C.) and Todd Young (Ind.) — signed on as sponsors when the resolutions were rolled out last
4-"week. A spokesman on Tuesday confirmed that Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) has signed on as a co-sponsor, giving Democrats their crucial fourth vote."
And Susan Collins, of course, is only "inclined" to back this. She's still at it, kids! #WednesdayWisdom
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