Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said that the Senate will take up an expected veto override of legislation that lets families of 9/11 victims sue Saudi Arabia in U.S. courts before breaking for the elections, The Hill reports.
The Senate had been expected to leave town this week, but McConnell said it was “safe to say” that the Senate would be in town next week.
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