The Senate rejected Trump’s attempt to block the sale of weapons to the UAE

The Senate on Wednesday rejected bilateral attempts to block it President TrumpDonald Trump Trump Conway, Chao slams Trump for weak days administration on government posts, Schumer slams Trump but cites ‘progress’ in Covid relief talks The leader sells more by reducing the majority to Democrats.વેચાણ 23 billion arms sales to UAE

The senators voted on two resolutions to stop the sale of arms, with both failing to get a simple majority in the 46-50 and -47-44-49 votes, respectively, to move forward in the impeachment proceedings.

The administration notified Congress last month that it would send the UAE up to 50 F-35 duplicates of F 10.4 billion D-50, 18 MQ-9B drones of MQ 2.97 billion D-18 and 10 pages of air-to-air and air-to-ground missions. Allowed the package to be sold. Billion.

Sense. Robert MenendezRobert (Bob) Menendezbig gives banks a big break on outstanding whistleblower legislation this week: Congress is preparing to buy more time on spending, the Coronavirus will talk to the Senate next week to vote on blocking UAE arms sales. (DNJ), Chris MurphyChristopher (Chris) Scott Murphisnet Democrats to vote on leadership rules amid power struggle (D-K Conn.) And Rand PaulRandall (Rand) Howard Paul this week: As Congress prepares to spend more time on spending, the coronavirus will negotiate with the Senate’s new special adviser, Senate G.O.P. But the fight to win the bid to fight Bridesh will put more pressure on him. (R-Q.) Introduced resolutions to block sales. Because arms sales resolutions are privileged, G.O.P. Despite their opposition by the leadership, all three senators were able to force votes on their resolutions. All they needed was a simple majority to pass.

Fighting senators from both sides conceded before the vote on Wednesday that it would be a tight margin.

“It will be a close vote,” Murphy said.

That echoed sen. John ThunJohn Randolph ThunoGAP hopes to leave the showdown with Trump support, but they can wait on the money: with Trump’s blessing, Munchin struck a deal with Pelosi 6B coronavirus. The White House offers more direct payments, state and local assistance (RSD), who voted against the resolutions, also said he thought it would be “close” and that there was a “universe” of Republicans who could say yes.

“There are people out there that I’m kind of saying I haven’t made a complete decision yet,” Thune said just hours before the vote.

Arms sales votes have emerged as a point of contention during the Trump administration.

Amid outrage over the death of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, Congress voted in 2019 to suspend arms sales to Saudi Arabia and the UAE. But there was not enough support to override Trump’s veto. Seven Republicans voted for all or part of the resolutions blocking arms sales at the time.

Lawmakers have expressed concern that the sale to the UAE could result in U.S. The technology could be given to hostile people like China or lose Israel’s military advantage in the region. Regarding Israel’s so-called qualitative military edge, the U.S. The commitment of is fixed in the law of 2008.

“Simply put, many aspects of this proposed sale are conceptual. Merendez, a top Democrat on the Foreign Relations Committee, said that without clarifying a number of important details about the sale, or adequate answers to crucial questions of national security, Significant transfers of technology are called for support. Vote.

He added, “There are many outstanding questions about the defense of U.S. military technology, the broader impact of these sales on U.S. national security in relation to the UAE, for example, they are present today with Russia and China.”

Democrats have also accused the Trump administration of rushing to sell as soon as they step down. Although the incoming Biden administration may still make a difference, legislators have expressed concern that they will be accommodated on some aspects.

But many Republicans have backed efforts to block previous arms sales stuck with the administration over the UAE’s votes. Paul was the only Republican to support resolutions banning arms sales.

Members of the leadership also urged senators to vote against the resolutions before Wednesday’s vote.

“It is a little surprising to suggest that, now all the time, a protest that has no chance of gaining a veto-proof majority is a valuable use of Senate time. But above and beyond, strategic realities have dictated that Congress should not stand in the way of this sale, “said the Senate majority leader. Mitch McConnellAddison (Mitch) Michelle McConnell Trump Conway, Chao in government posts In the zero days of administration Pelosi, Schumer beat Trump, but Kovid said there was “progress” in the relief talks. (R-key.).

The administration provided briefings to groups of members ahead of the vote, but, unlike previous arms sales votes, the Senate did not have a briefing of all members, including gathering senators amid a global health epidemic.

Murphy questioned how much his colleagues were aware of the further details of the vote.

“I’m worried they didn’t read very well,” he said. “Giving as little information as possible was a clear strategy of the administration. I think if everyone in the Senate gets a briefing that we got on the Foreign Relations Committee, there is no way these resolutions can fail. ”