Senate opens debate on restricting US military involvement in Saudi-led war in Yemen

[Eugene]

Source: CNN

Washington (CNN) — The Senate opened debate Wednesday on a bill to restrict US military involvement in Saudi-led war in Yemen, a dramatic move reflecting deep bipartisan anger over the Trump administration's handling of relations with Saudi Arabia.

But House Republicans, with just weeks left in their majority, took the unusual steps of gutting the measure to deny it from getting a vote in their chamber, effectively preventing President Donald Trump from having to veto the resolution this year.

The measure, which has broad bipartisan support, reflects the deep frustration by many senators that the war has caused a massive humanitarian crisis that they feel must be stopped.

"Yemen is now experiencing the worst humanitarian crisis in the world," said Sen. Bernie Sanders, a Vermont independent, standing on the Senate floor next to a large picture of an emaciated young Yemeni girl. "With some 14 million facing starvation in one of the poorest countries on Earth as a result of this terrible war."

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By Ted Barrett, Manu Raju and Caroline Kelly, CNN
Updated 0102 GMT (0902 HKT) December 13, 2018


Read more: https://edition.cnn.com/2018/12/12/politics/republicans-resolution-us-yemen/index.html

[summer_in_TX]

1. I read about the House provision blocking a vote on Yemen in the Farm Bill.

Does that mean that the House couldn't consider it as a separate bill? Anyone have a feel about that?

[rpannier]

2. I see graham folded AGAIN

lindsey was all talk and no action again