The House voted 248-177 Wednesday to end US support for the Saudi-led coalition against Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels, a move that could potentially cause President Donald Trump to issue the first veto of his presidency.
Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., had attempted to force a vote on the issue since 2017, only for Republican leadership to block a floor vote. But with Democrats now in control of the House, they have sought to capitalize on the bipartisan backlash stemming from the Yemen war and Saudi Arabia’s murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
