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Congress sent President Barack Obama a bipartisan bill that would allow families of Sept. 11 victims to sue the government of Saudi Arabia, putting lawmakers on a collision course with the White House on the eve of the 15th anniversary of the attacks.
The House passed the legislation Friday by a voice vote, about four months after the measure cleared the Senate despite vehement objections from Saudi Arabia. Fifteen of the 19 hijackers were Saudi nationals.
The legislation gives victims' families the right to sue in U.S. court for any role that elements of the Saudi government may have played in the 2001 attacks that killed thousands in New York, the Washington, D.C., area and Pennsylvania. House passes Sept. 11 legislation as Obama veto threat looms
Of course that RADICAL ISLAMIST POS-Mohammed Obama plans to veto it!
Saudi Arabia should have been on our list of terrorist nations decades ago, and every non-Islamist nation should prohibit them from building/financing anymore of their terrorist recruitment centers [disguised as mosques], inside our countries, and the ones already built should be closely monitored for radical indoctrination.
This is what is wrong with our government. Republicans want to after a country 15 years later. This is their focus instead of focusing on jobs and the economy in our country.
Can't wait for the brown and black Nations to counter sue for slavery oppression imperialism and Nation building.
Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
They'll have to sue Europe for most of that stuff, since it was Europe's fault, mainly. But let's not forget that the brown Arabs were responsible for the African slave trade 13 centuries before Europeans did it.
This is what is wrong with our government. Republicans want to after a country 15 years later. This is their focus instead of focusing on jobs and the economy in our country.
If other countries sued the USA for unlawful death and illegal wars, the USA would go bankrupt. Even if the victims of 9/11 sue and win, how do they think they'll get the money? You think the government will start seizing Saudi assets in the USA, that's the quickest waY to a financial collapse as Saudi Arabia and every other middle East country pulls out all it's money and investments and puts it in China.
While I agree that Saudi needs to answer for a lot of its crap, this bill seems pretty pointless. No more than a symbolic gesture, as I don't see how any average family can all of a sudden sue a major government and get something out of it, even if it becomes a "class action" style thing.
One could argue that the US government as an institution is way more liable for 9/11 than the Saudi government without even considering conspiracy theories.
The Bush administration should also be charged with war crimes and conspiracy. I can't believe they got away with what they did.
If other countries sued the USA for unlawful death and illegal wars, the USA would go bankrupt. Even if the victims of 9/11 sue and win, how do they think they'll get the money? You think the government will start seizing Saudi assets in the USA, that's the quickest waY to a financial collapse as Saudi Arabia and every other middle East country pulls out all it's money and investments and puts it in China.
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Nonsense. Mideast overall is a tiny part of our economy.
China matters economically. Germany matters. Mideast overall is not significant economically.
Republicans control the house. How many dems voted for this.
It was a unanimous vote...
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