Another chapter of US-Saudi relationship

The US senate passed a bill today to allow families victims to sue other countries in American courts.
This bill passed after after that the US president Barack Obama said that he will use his veto to reject this bill. and even if the Saudi authorities has threatened of selling their US debt holdings.
Last month the New York Times reported that the Saudis threatened the sell of 750$ billions of assets and treasuries if the United States adopted the bill. But the Us treasury department disclosed the size of the debt hold by the Saudis of 116$ billions.