09/28/2016
Congress overwhelmingly rejected President Barack Obama’s bid to derail legislation allowing families of the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks to sue the government of Saudi Arabia, handing him the first veto override of his presidency during his final year in office.
The Senate took the first step Wednesday, voting 97-1 to override Obama’s veto of the 9/11 bill. The House quickly followed with a 348-77 vote.
Word to the Wise ... Any time you see a law passed by a 97-1 vote in the Senate you can be sure it is either an awful piece of legislation or is completely meaningless. That's the kind of vote you get for a bill that names a national park after some jackass you've never heard of before.