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House rebukes Trump on Saudi Arabia, backs measure to end Yemen involvement
LBN thread: House rebukes Trump with vote ending U.S. support for Yemen war
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Source: Reuters
POLITICS APRIL 4, 2019 / 11:54 AM / UPDATED 33 MINUTES AGO
House rebukes Trump on Saudi Arabia, backs measure to end Yemen involvement
Patricia Zengerle
3 MIN READ
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives approved a resolution on Thursday to end U.S. support for the Saudi Arabia-led coalition in the war in Yemen, rebuffing President Donald Trump’s policy of continued support for the kingdom.
As the resolution had already passed the Senate, the vote in the Democratic-led House sends the measure to the White House, which said last month Trump would issue a veto. It would be the second of his presidency.
The vote in the House was 247-175, as 16 Republicans joined the majority Democrats in backing the rare use of the War Powers Act, which limits the president’s ability to send troops into action.
“The president will have to face the reality that Congress is no longer going to ignore its constitutional obligations when it comes to foreign policy,” Representative Eliot Engel, the Democratic chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said before the vote.
Still, neither the House tally nor the 54-46 bipartisan vote in the Senate, where Republicans have a slim majority, would be enough to override a veto.
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House rebukes Trump on Saudi Arabia, backs measure to end Yemen involvement
Patricia Zengerle
3 MIN READ
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives approved a resolution on Thursday to end U.S. support for the Saudi Arabia-led coalition in the war in Yemen, rebuffing President Donald Trump’s policy of continued support for the kingdom.
As the resolution had already passed the Senate, the vote in the Democratic-led House sends the measure to the White House, which said last month Trump would issue a veto. It would be the second of his presidency.
The vote in the House was 247-175, as 16 Republicans joined the majority Democrats in backing the rare use of the War Powers Act, which limits the president’s ability to send troops into action.
“The president will have to face the reality that Congress is no longer going to ignore its constitutional obligations when it comes to foreign policy,” Representative Eliot Engel, the Democratic chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said before the vote.
Still, neither the House tally nor the 54-46 bipartisan vote in the Senate, where Republicans have a slim majority, would be enough to override a veto.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-saudi-yemen/house-rebukes-trump-on-saudi-arabia-backs-measure-to-end-yemen-involvement-idUSKCN1RG22F