Biden’s visit was an attempt to smooth the strained relations between the two old partners. However, Saudi Arabia and OPEC+, led by Russia, decided to reduce their oil production by two million barrels per day.

The OPEC+ decision has angered Washington, with both US officials and lawmakers looking for ways for Washington to dismantle the oil cartel or use leverage against Saudi Arabia to reverse the move.

A group of lawmakers introduced legislation to stop all military support from Saudi Arabia as well as the United Arab Emirates.

Senator Bob Menendez, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said: “The United States should immediately cease all aspects of its cooperation with Saudi Arabia.”

Congressman Rowe Khanna said in October: “Let’s use our leverage against them, we need to get tough on them and immediately stop US arms sales to Saudi Arabia.”

However, the anger has not led to any concrete action since then, and with U.S. gas prices falling significantly, officials have said unease over the OPEC+ decision has subsided.

Saudi Arabia has benefited from the increase in income from oil sales this year. According to Bloomberg, the country is on track to reach its record oil revenue of $337 billion in 2012.