Article snippet: The Senate issued a sharp rebuke Wednesday to MORE, easily advancing a resolution that would end U.S. military support for the Saudi-led campaign in Yemen’s civil war despite a White House effort to quash the bill. The administration launched an eleventh-hour lobbying frenzy to try to head off momentum for the resolution, dispatching Defense Secretary MORE to Capitol Hill in the morning and issuing a veto threat less than an hour before the vote started. But lawmakers advanced the resolution, 63-37, even as the administration vowed to stand by Saudi Arabia following the outcry over the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. “There’s been a lot of rhetoric that’s come from the White House and from the State Department on this issue,” said Sen. MORE (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee. “The rhetoric that I’ve heard and the broadcasts that we’ve made around the world as to who we are have been way out of balance as it relates to American interests and American values.” The vote advances the resolution out of the Foreign Relations Committee, making it available for action before the full Senate. The small step is a significant victory for supporters of the resolution, which fell six votes short of passage in March. The resolution, which is co-sponsored by Sens. MORE (R-Utah), would require Trump to remove troops in or “affecting” Yemen within 30 days. Senators are increasingly frustrated with Saudi Arabia amid growing questions about Khashoggi’s de... Link to the full article to read more