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Washington, DC – Today, the House of Representatives voted 248-177, in favor of passing H.J. Res. 37, which invokes the War Powers Resolution of 1973 to end unconstitutional U.S. military participation in the Saudi-led coalition's war in Yemen. Rep. Khanna issued the below statement in response.
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The House of Representatives has passed a resolution to withdraw U.S. military support for the Saudi and Emirati-led coalition in Yemen, a historic vote that sends a strong rebuke to President Donald Trump's foreign policy one month after Democrats took control of the chamber.
The vote in the House Wednesday was 248 to 177, with 18 Republicans joining Democrats to pass the resolution. A Senate vote is expected in the coming weeks.
President Trump has not issued a veto since taking office more than two years ago, but that may soon change.
The House will move a step closer to a major confrontation with Trump by voting as soon as Wednesday on a resolution that would cut off U.S. military support to the Saudi-led coalition in neighboring Yemen.
The measure is expected to easily pass the chamber controlled by Democrats. After that, it will move to the GOP-led Senate, where is it also expected to have enough votes.
Khanna has sometimes been a source of tension within the House Democratic Caucus. Heendorsed incumbent Rep. Joe Crowley last year before backtracking and signaling support for Crowley's liberal challenger in the primary, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who is now an ally of Khanna's in Congress. But his work on Yemen may also position him as a rare consensus builder within a progressive movement that has tried to pull Democrats to the left.
As the White House prepares to wage another fight with Congress to preserve its involvement in the Yemen war, opponents plan to use President Trump's criticisms of endless, pointless wars as either a lever or a cudgel.
WASHINGTON—The House of Representatives passed a war-powers resolution directing the removal of U.S. armed forces involved in the conflict in Yemen, putting pressure on the GOP-controlled Senate and raising the specter of a veto by President Trump.
The resolution states that Congress hasn't authorized military involvement in Yemen, where the U.S. is backing a Saudi-led coalition in a conflict against Iran-allied Houthi militants. A handful of Republicans joined Democrats in passing the resolution by a 248-177 vote, with one member voting present.
The House voted Wednesday 248-177 to end support for Saudi Arabia's war in Yemen, setting up a duel with President Donald Trump over his administration's complicity in the world's worst humanitarian catastrophe. The war-weary Senate will now consider the resolution just two months after passing a nearly identical bill.
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Washington, DC -- Following the first Foreign Affairs Committee hearing markup, Rep. Khanna issued the below statement on the markup of H.J.Res 37, his resolution dealing with war powers in Yemen.