Article snippet: Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman MORE (R-Idaho) is navigating a political tightrope as he tries to craft legislation on Saudi Arabia despite deep divisions between the Trump administration and Congress. Risch has been locked in negotiations with Democrats and the administration over the parameters of the bill, which is being discussed against a backdrop of congressional animosity with the Saudis following the country’s bloody intervention in Yemen’s civil war and its involvement in the killing of Washington Post contributor Jamal Khashoggi. Democrats and some GOP critics of the Saudis are seeking to both punish the country and restrict U.S. support for Yemen's civil war, while the administration and other Republicans oppose such steps. Walking into that dynamic is Risch, a relatively low-profile senator perhaps best known nationally for his cable news appearances backing MORE and for holding up a 2018 funding bill because it named a wilderness preserve after a dead political rival. Risch is trying to create a bill that can win 60 votes in the Senate and Trump’s support. “This thing's been heavily negotiated between all parties, Republicans, Democrats, State Department, the White House. I want a bill that can pass here, pass the House and be signed by the president. That’s the objective,” Risch told The Hill. The political and partisan divisions facing Risch are steep. The Senate has already bucked Trump on ending U.S. support for the Saudi-led mil... Link to the full article to read more