McConnell opens door to changing 9/11 bill

[Blue_Tires]

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) opened the door Thursday to changing legislation that allows families of 9/11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia in U.S. court.

"I do think it's worth further discussions, but it was certainly not something that was going to be fixed this week," he told reporters when asked about a push by some senators to tweak the measure.

Across the Capitol, Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) agreed that Congress may need to "fix" the legislation, but said he wasn't sure when that would happen.
"We want to make sure the 9/11 victims and their families had their day in court," Ryan told reporters. "At the same time, I would like to think that there may be some work to be done to protect our service members overseas from any kind of legal ensnarements that occur, any kind of retribution."

Despite the override, 28 senators sent a letter to Sens. John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) expressing concerns about the measure in the hope that the two senators, who spearheaded it, would be willing to amend the law in the future.

http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/298486-mcconnell-opens-door-to-changing-9-11-bill



BLUF: The Senate got their little patriotic override and only afterwards decided to actually read it... Then they have the nerve to blame Obama for "not communicating concerns about the bill" when he'd been doing that all along

[CincyDem]

1. The Senate got to do it's "patriotic" dance before the election...

...and they'll come back after the election and put it back on the shelf.

[Ilsa]

2. "Dateline 2017: US Marines sued by Syrians

for accidental attack on wrong building."

"Thanks Obama."

You know they'll blame him for opening this door, instead of doing their own due diligence in understanding the legislation they wrote.

[tonyt53]

3. I think the Saudi's gov't/royals have blood on their hands, but now Americans will have issues.

Like ripping off a fart in public; once it is out, there ain't any taking it back.