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March 1, 2018

Senate Bill Seeks to End U.S. Support for Saudi-Led War on Yemen
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On Capitol Hill, three U.S. senators have introduced a bill that would
force Congress to vote for the first time on whether to continue U.S.
support for the Saudi-led coalition's war in Yemen. The measure was
introduced by Republican Mike Lee, Democrat Chris Murphy and Vermont
independent Bernie Sanders, who noted that the Constitution gives
Congress-and not the president-the power to declare war. Sanders said
the U.S. was contributing to a humanitarian catastrophe in Yemen.

Sen. Bernie Sanders: "The United Nations emergency relief coordinator
said that Yemen was on the brink of, quote, 'the largest famine the
world has seen for many decades,' end-quote. So far, at least 10,000
civilians have died and over 40,000 have been wounded in the war, and 3
million people have been displaced. Many Americans are also not aware
that U.S. forces have been actively involved in support of the Saudis in
this war, providing intelligence and aerial refueling of planes, whose
bombs have killed thousands of people and made this crisis far worse."



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