Senate to vote on Saudi arms sale measure this week: senatorsWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate will vote as soon as Wednesday on a joint resolution seeking to block a $1.15 billion sale of military equipment to Saudi Arabia over concerns about the conflict in Yemen, sponsors of the measure said on Monday. Republican Senators Rand Paul and Mike Lee and Democratic Senators Chris Murphy and Al Franken introduced the legislation on Sept. 8. Backers of the joint resolution say it would block the sale of Abrams tanks and other equipment if it were passed by both the Senate and House of Representatives and signed by President Barack Obama. However, any effort to stop the sale would face stiff opposition from the White House, which has already approved the sale, as well as in Congress. The measure’s backers said that, even if it does not pass, a positive vote or a strong vote would send a strong message about continued U.S. support for Saudi Arabia. Paul and Murphy told a meeting at the Center for the National Interest in Washington on Monday that they have deep concern about the Saudi conflict in Yemen, and think the United States should rethink its automatic support for the Riyadh government. “I think holding back the arms may give them a chance to show that they can do better,” Paul said. Murphy said supporting Saudi action in Yemen hurts U.S. security. “If we are helping to radicalize Yemenis against us, we are participating in the slaughter of civilians, and we are allowing extremist groups that have plans and plots against the United States to grow stronger, how can that be in our security interest?” Murphy asked. politicsNews
senate vote saudi arms sale measure week senatorswashington reuters the senate vote soon wednesday joint resolution seeking block billion sale military equipment saudi arabia concerns conflict yemen sponsors measure said monday republican senators rand paul mike lee democratic senators chris murphy al ranked introduced legislation backers joint resolution say would block sale abrams tanks equipment passed senate house representatives signed president barack obama however effort stop sale would face stiff opposition white house already approved sale well congress the measure backers said even pass positive vote strong vote would send strong message continued support saudi arabia paul murphy told meeting center national interest washington monday deep concern saudi conflict yemen think united states rethink automatic support riyadh government i think holding back arms may give chance show better paul said murphy said supporting saudi action yemen hurts security if helping radicalism yemen us participating slaughter civilians allowing extremist groups plans plots united states grow stronger security interest murphy asked politicsnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: Senate to vote on Saudi arms sale measure this week: senatorsWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate will vote as soon as Wednesday on a joint resolution seeking to block a $1.15 billion sale of military equipment to Saudi Arabia over concerns about the conflict in Yemen, sponsors of the measure said on Monday. Republican Senators Rand Paul and Mike Lee and Democratic Senators Chris Murphy and Al Franken introduced the legislation on Sept. 8. Backers of the joint resolution say it would block the sale of Abrams tanks and other equipment if it were passed by both the Senate and House of Representatives and signed by President Barack Obama. However, any effort to stop the sale would face stiff opposition from the White House, which has already approved the sale, as well as in Congress. The measure’s backers said that, even if it does not pass, a positive vote or a strong vote would send a strong message about continued U.S. support for Saudi Arabia. Paul and Murphy told a meeting at the Center for the National Interest in Washington on Monday that they have deep concern about the Saudi conflict in Yemen, and think the United States should rethink its automatic support for the Riyadh government. “I think holding back the arms may give them a chance to show that they can do better,” Paul said. Murphy said supporting Saudi action in Yemen hurts U.S. security. “If we are helping to radicalize Yemenis against us, we are participating in the slaughter of civilians, and we are allowing extremist groups that have plans and plots against the United States to grow stronger, how can that be in our security interest?” Murphy asked. politicsNews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: senate vote saudi arms sale measure week senatorswashington reuters the senate vote soon wednesday joint resolution seeking block billion sale military equipment saudi arabia concerns conflict yemen sponsors measure said monday republican senators rand paul mike lee democratic senators chris murphy al ranked introduced legislation backers joint resolution say would block sale abrams tanks equipment passed senate house representatives signed president barack obama however effort stop sale would face stiff opposition white house already approved sale well congress the measure backers said even pass positive vote strong vote would send strong message continued support saudi arabia paul murphy told meeting center national interest washington monday deep concern saudi conflict yemen think united states rethink automatic support riyadh government i think holding back arms may give chance show better paul said murphy said supporting saudi action yemen hurts security if helping radicalism yemen us participating slaughter civilians allowing extremist groups plans plots united states grow stronger security interest murphy asked politicsnews