Kansas Sen. Moran votes to block arm sales to Saudi Arabia
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June 21, 2019
WASHINGTON (AP) — Kansas Sen. Jerry Moran has broken with most other Republican senators in voting to block President Donald Trump's administration from selling arms to Saudi Arabia.
The Kansas City Star reports that Moran supported two resolutions Thursday disapproving of Trump's use of emergency authority to make the sales.
Moran was among seven Republicans to vote for the two measures. Fellow Kansas Republican Pat Roberts voted against them.
One resolution objected to arm sales based on the Saudi regime's involvement in a civil war in Yemen and evidence of a role in the murder of U.S.-based...
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