Senate votes to end US involvement in Yemen war
The Senate voted to end US support for the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen.
The Senate voted 56-41 today to end US support for the Saudi-led coalition’s war against Yemen’s Houthi rebels, an unprecedented use of the 1973 War Powers Act.
The vote reflects Congress’ growing ire with Saudi Arabia over the massive humanitarian catastrophe in Yemen and Riyadh’s murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
“I think we stand a chance today, for the first time, to use that War Powers Act to stop a war, and that is the horrific war in Yemen, which is destroying that country,” Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., who introduced the resolution, told reporters ahead of the vote. “The United States Congress is going to reassert its constitutional authority to be the body that makes war, not the president of the United States.”
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