Senate Vote Takes Major Step to End US Support for Saudi-led War in Yemen
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Posted by: Sammi Ibrahem,Sr
WASHINGTON - In response to the Senate voting 63-37 in favor of allowing floor debate on S.J.Res. 54, legislation introduced by Senators Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Mike Lee (R-UT) and Chris Murphy (D-CT) to end U.S. support for the Saudi-led intervention in Yemen, Paul Kawika Martin, Senior Director for Policy and Political Affairs at Peace Action, released the following statement:
“This is a dramatic shift from last March, when only five Republican senators voted to advance the Sanders resolution. We now have a bipartisan majority in the Senate intent on doing something about Saudi Arabia’s brutal conduct from Yemen to Istanbul. This vote puts more pressure on the administration to end U.S. support for the war, and more pressure on Saudi Arabia to neg...