Article snippet: The House on Wednesday easily passed a bill that would require MORE to withdraw U.S. military support from the Saudi Arabia-led coalition in Yemen. In a 248-177 vote that largely fell along party lines, the House sent the war powers resolution to the Senate, where it is also expected to pass and confront Trump with the possibility of issuing the first veto of his presidency. “The only patriotic thing, if you care about our troops, if you care about American interests, if you care about the outrage that the Saudis are inflicting on Americans and on the world, then the only patriotic thing to do is to vote for this resolution,” Rep. MORE (D-Calif.), the resolution’s chief House sponsor, said ahead of the vote. The resolution that the House passed would direct the president to withdraw U.S. military forces in or “affecting” Yemen within 30 days unless they are fighting al Qaeda or associated forces. The United States has been providing logistics, intelligence sharing and arms sales to the Saudi-led coalition fighting Iran-backed Houthi rebels. Previously, the U.S. military also provided aerial refueling to coalition jets, but the administration suspended that support in November. The vote comes at a time when Congress’ anger at Saudi Arabia over last year’s killing of U.S.-based journalist and Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi is being reignited. The Trump administration declined to follow a congressionally mandated deadline Friday to report on whether Saudi leadershi... Link to the full article to read more
House passes bill to end US support for Saudi war in Yemen | TheHill
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