Trump administration plans to sell new weapons to Saudis despite lawmakers' objections
WASHINGTON – The Trump administration will push through a new weapons sale to Saudi Arabia and bypass congressional objections by declaring the transaction an "emergency," according to lawmakers who were notified of the plan Friday.
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Those transactions generally require a congressional sign-off.
But the Trump administration is relying on a narrow provision in the 1976 Arms Control Act that allows the president to sidestep Congress in an emergency. Under that measure, the president must certify that an emergency exists "which requires the proposed sale in the national security interest," thus waiving Congress' power to review and stop the sale.
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More: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...ns/3768851002/
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