Earlier, President Trump invoked a provision of the Arms Export Control Act to allow the White House to bypass congressional approval procedures to sell arms to countries including Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Jordan.
A bipartisan group of senators announced nearly two dozen joint resolutions on Wednesday to try to block the Trump administration’s effort to push through 22 US arms sales deals with Riyadh, Abu Dhabi and Amman.
Republicans Rand Paul and Todd Young and Democrats Patrick Leahy, Chris Murphy and Jack Reed have announced support for the proposal.