title: BREAKING: SENATE STRIKES BACK After Obama Slaps 9/11 Victim’s Families In The Face….Vote 97-1
text: WASHINGTON   The House and Senate Wednesday voted to reject President Obama s veto of legislation allowing lawsuits against foreign sponsors of terrorism in the first successful override of a presidential veto since Obama took office.The president had vetoed the legislation Friday because he said the bill   known as the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act, or JASTA   would infringe on the president s ability to conduct foreign policy. It was the 12th veto of his presidency.But after an intense, lengthy push by 9/11 survivors and families of victims who want to sue Saudi Arabia based on claims the country played a role in the 2001 terror attack, even Obama s Democratic allies on Capitol Hill voted to override his veto. The final vote tally in the Senate was 97-1. Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-.Nev., cast the sole vote against override. In our polarized politics of today, this is pretty much close to a miraculous occurrence,  said Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas. Democrats and Republicans in both chambers have agreed, he said, that the bill  gives the victims of the terrorist attack on our own soil an opportunity to seek the justice they deserve. .Read more: USA Today