Senate vote likely next week on blocking Trump's massive UAE arms sale


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  • Friday, 04 Dec 2020

FILE PHOTO: Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Ranking Member Bob Menendez (D-NJ) speaks during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on U.S. Policy in the Middle East, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, U.S., September 24, 2020. Erin Schaff/Pool via REUTERS

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top Democrat on the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee said he expected lawmakers would vote as soon as next week on resolutions seeking to block Republican President Donald Trump's $23 billion weapons sale to the United Arab Emirates.

"We are gathering support for it, and I would think some time next week," Senator Bob Menendez told reporters.

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