For the past month, President Donald Trump and members of his Cabinet have warned members of Congress not to rock the boat too much about Saudi Arabias murder and dismemberment of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
On Thursday the Senate disregarded those warnings and passed two important pieces of legislation. The first was a resolution with no opposition that places responsibility for Khashoggis death squarely on Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The second bill, which passed by a vote of 56 to 41, would cut off all U.S. assistance to the Saudi war in Yemen.
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