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Republicans quash Democrats’ bid to force the US out of Yemen war

House Republicans have temporarily stopped a vote instructing President Donald Trump to end “hostilities” against the Houthi rebels.
A woman displaced from the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah pulls empty canisters outside her family shelter in Sanaa, Yemen November 2, 2018. Picture taken November 2, 2018. REUTERS/Mohamed al-Sayaghi - RC1DA98E70A0

House Republicans today quashed a Democratic bid to force a vote requiring the Donald Trump administration to end US support for the Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels.

In a rare move, Democrats had attempted to use a Vietnam War-era law to force a floor vote on the conflict. But Republican leaders stripped the bill of its expedited status as part of a procedural vote on unrelated legislation concerning wolves.

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