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http://www.cbsnews.com/news/congress-overrides-obama-veto-on-911-lawsuit-bill/
The House and Senate voted Wednesday to override President Obama’s veto of a bill that will allow families of 9/11 victims to sue the government of Saudi Arabia.
Aboard Air Force One, White House spokesman Josh Earnest lambasted the Senate, saying it is the single most embarrassing thing the Senate has done in decades.
President Obama slammed Congresss during a taped townhall with CNN in the late afternoon that will air in the evening.
“I think it was a mistake and I understand why it happened,” he said. “What this legislation did was it said if a private citizen believes that having been victimized by terrorism that another country didn’t do enough to stop one of its citizens, for example, in engaging in terrorism, then they can file a personal lawsuit, a private lawsuit in court.”
This 'could' have some interesting ramifications..Americans can sue the Saudi's but what about other countries suing the good ol' USA?
Will this mean less foreign investment in the USA? Will the Saudi's start selling of their assets in America?
The House and Senate voted Wednesday to override President Obama’s veto of a bill that will allow families of 9/11 victims to sue the government of Saudi Arabia.
Aboard Air Force One, White House spokesman Josh Earnest lambasted the Senate, saying it is the single most embarrassing thing the Senate has done in decades.
President Obama slammed Congresss during a taped townhall with CNN in the late afternoon that will air in the evening.
“I think it was a mistake and I understand why it happened,” he said. “What this legislation did was it said if a private citizen believes that having been victimized by terrorism that another country didn’t do enough to stop one of its citizens, for example, in engaging in terrorism, then they can file a personal lawsuit, a private lawsuit in court.”
This 'could' have some interesting ramifications..Americans can sue the Saudi's but what about other countries suing the good ol' USA?
Will this mean less foreign investment in the USA? Will the Saudi's start selling of their assets in America?
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