Rare But Hardly Unprecedented History Of Veto Overrides Fox News Photo by andrew kelly reuters. washington — the senate acted decisively wednesday to override president barack obama’s veto of sept. 11 legislation, setting the stage for the contentious bill. The senate acted decisively wednesday to override president barack obama's veto of sept. 11 legislation, setting the stage for the contentious bill to become law despite flaws that obama and top.
Senate Votes To Override Obama Veto Of 9 11 Families Bill Senators vote 97 1 to override obama’s veto. the lone “no” vote was senate minority leader harry reid, d nev. a house vote on obama’s veto is expected later in the day wednesday. On friday, president barack obama vetoed the justice against sponsors of terrorism act (jasta), a controversial bill that would have allowed 9 11 victims and their loved ones to sue saudi arabia over the country’s alleged ties to the day’s terrorist attacks. on wednesday, the u.s. senate voted to override the veto and pass jasta. In a resounding rebuke, democrats joined with republicans wednesday to hand barack obama the first veto override of his presidency, voting overwhelmingly to allow families of sept. 11 victims to. Congress overrides obama's veto of bill allowing 9 11 victims to sue saudi arabia. this is the first time in obama's presidency congress has overridden a veto.
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