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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Thu Apr 4, 2019, 04:36 PM Apr 2019

House ignores Trump veto threat, approves bill ending US support for Yemen war

The House passed a resolution Thursday to end U.S. military support for the Saudi-led war in Yemen, sending it to President Trump’s desk and likely forcing him to issue the second veto of his presidency.

The resolution passed 247-175, with 16 Republicans siding with Democrats. One Republican, Rep. Justin Amash (Mich.), voted present.

Thursday's vote was the first time since the War Powers Act was passed in 1973 that both chambers of Congress passed a resolution using that law and was the culmination of a years-long effort propelled in recent months by lawmakers’ fury at Saudi Arabia over the killing of U.S.-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

The resolution, which would require Trump to withdraw U.S. military forces in or “affecting” Yemen unless they are fighting al Qaeda, gained considerable momentum after Khashoggi’s killing last year in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul.

https://thehill.com/policy/defense/437341-house-ignores-trump-veto-threat-approves-bill-ending-us-support-for-yemen-war

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House ignores Trump veto threat, approves bill ending US support for Yemen war (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2019 OP
Nicely done. welivetotreadonkings Apr 2019 #1
Good. Karadeniz Apr 2019 #2
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