A huge override of a shameful veto

Congress overrides Obama's veto of 9/11 bill

Families of those killed in the terror attacks on 9/11 are now legally allowed to sue Saudi Arabia, after Congress voted Wednesday to override President Barack Obama's veto of the legislation, the first override of his presidency.

The votes by the House and Senate were overwhelming. Members of both parties broke into applause on the House floor after the vote.

The Senate approved the override on a 97-1 vote, with Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid the lone Senator voting to sustain the president's veto. 

Hours later, the vote in the House was 348-77, with one Democratic member voting "present."

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Clinton's campaign said she supported the legislation and Kaine's said he would have voted for the override had he been in DC.

The president's supporters are blaming it on optics, political cowardice, opportunism, and an inability to "make the hard decisions."

I say he was just wrong and is too wedded to a policy of coddling wretched Muslim states, especially the one with nothing good for us about it but its oil.

The bipartisan vote on the Hill was a rebuke of the President who had argued the Justice for State Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA) -- which for the first time would allow suits in American courts against state sponsors of terrorist attacks inside the US -- could open the US government to lawsuits for the actions of military service members and diplomats.

Obama also warned it could damage America's relationship with Saudi Arabia, a troubled but key Middle East ally, and other allies who might be accused of terrorism.