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Article snippet: Senators from both parties appeared close to rare bipartisan consensus on Sunday in warning that Congress will take action against Saudi Arabia in the presumed death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. While lawmakers voiced a desire to wait for the results of an investigation before determining the proper punishment, Sens. MORE (R-Fla.) suggested that it’s becoming increasingly likely that Khashoggi was killed in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. “I don't think we should continue as business as usual, until we know exactly what's happened here, because what we do know is this: He walked into that consulate, and he never came out,” Rubio said on CNN’s "State of the Union." "So, the only two things that could have happened is, he's alive and somehow still in there, or he's dead and the Saudis are the ones who did it," Rubio continued. "There's no other explanation for it, because if there was video of him leaving, they would have shown it by now." Flake said on ABC’s “This Week” that "there sure doesn’t seem to be" any explanation that would rule out Saudi involvement in Khashoggi’s disappearance. "Their explanation that their closed-circuit television just streamed and didn’t record just isn’t plausible," Flake said, echoing other lawmakers. "There’s just no good explanation and I think they know it." The senators' comments reflect a growing consensus within the Senate that the Saudis played a role in the disappearance and suspected murder of Khashoggi, an American r... Link to the full article to read more