We’re having another vote to end American participation in the Saudi war on Yemen. Our participation is unauthorized and unconstitutional. About 85,000 children have starved to death in the Saudi led and American assisted war. 14 million people face starvation. And we continue to assist the murderous Saudi regime.
This bill to end our participation is led by Sens. Bernie Sanders, Mike Lee, and Chris Murphy. Lee is a Republican. It is based on the War Powers Act, and seeks to end our participation.
This passed the Senate last year, but the Republican-led House never scheduled a vote.
The Senate passed the same resolution 56-41 in December, after it gained steam in the aftermath of the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. It was the first time the Senate voted to withdraw forces from a war that was not approved by Congress.
The Republican-controlled House did not take it up at the time. Yet with Democrats in control of the House, the resolution is likely to pass, presenting Trump with a veto fight. Trump has also pledged to veto a resolution of disapproval over his national emergency declaration to fund his border wall.
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More on the Yemen disaster:
The Saudi-UAE coalition fighting in Yemen since 2015 has consistently attacked civilians, as well as homes, schools, businesses, farms, a health clinic, a government administration building and a celebration hall, in violation of the laws of war.
Despite ongoing abuses by the alliance, the United States continues to sell weapons to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, for use in the war on Yemen.
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The United Nations calls Yemen the world's worst humanitarian disaster. About 14 million of the impoverished country's 29 million population are on the brink of starvation.
US Senate to vote on Saudi-Yemen war resolution
Here is Bernie’s full statement:
WASHINGTON, March 12 – In advance of an expected vote in the Senate Wednesday on a resolution to end U.S. support for the Saudi-led war in Yemen, Sen. Bernie Sanders issued the following statement:
"The resolution we will vote on in the Senate tomorrow to end U.S. support for the Saudi-led war in Yemen is enormously important and historic. This war is both a humanitarian and a strategic disaster, and Congress has the opportunity to end it.
"As a result of the Saudi-led intervention, Yemen is now experiencing the worst humanitarian disaster in the world. According to the United Nations, Yemen is at risk of the most severe famine in more than 100 years, with some 14 million people facing starvation. An estimated 85,000 children have already starved to death over the last several years, and millions more face death if the war continues. Beyond the humanitarian crisis, this war has been a disaster for our national security and the security of the region.
"Furthermore, U.S. participation in this war has not been authorized by Congress and is therefore unconstitutional. For the first time in 45 years, Congress must exercise its power under the War Powers Resolution and remove the U.S. from this war in Yemen.
"In December, the Senate made history by passing this same resolution. The humanitarian catastrophe has only gotten worse in Yemen, and our intervention there is every bit as unconstitutional as it was then. This time, after passing the Senate, I am confident it will pass in the House."
Bernie Sanders, US Senator for Vermont: Senate to Vote on Yemen Resolution
If Bernie becomes President, we will have both a new domestic policy and a new foreign policy. This is leadership, along with Senators Lee and Murphy, and the other senators, including the ones running for President who voted for it last time and will vote for it now.