Senate seeks to tie Trump’s hands on war powers with vote to end military role in Yemen

The vote to end US support for the Saudi coalition in Yemen deals another blow to Riyadh, but it’s also an effort by liberals to curtail the president’s war-making authority.
Senators Mike Lee (R-UT), Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Chris Murphy (D-CT) speak after the senate voted on a resolution ending U.S. military support for the war in Yemen on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., December 13, 2018. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts - RC13D91DD370
Sens. Mike Lee, R-Utah, Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Chris Murphy, D-Conn., speak after the Senate voted on a resolution ending US military support for the war in Yemen on Capitol Hill in Washington, Dec. 13, 2018. - REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
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The Senate voted 54-46 today to end US support for the Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels, the third time Congress has done so since December.

The resolution is but the latest bipartisan rebuke of Saudi Arabia over the humanitarian crisis in Yemen and the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

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