Senate passes bill allowing families of Sept. 11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia

The legislation, which still needs the approval of the House and would likely be vetoed by President Obama, has been criticized by Saudi Arabia, which threatened to sell hundreds of billion of dollars of US assets if the measure passed.

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Foreign-Policy/2016/0517/Senate-passes-bill-allowing-families-of-Sept.-11-victims-to-sue-Saudi-Arabia