Senate tees up Yemen vote for Tuesday

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Source: The HILL

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The Senate has formally teed up a vote on ending U.S. military involvement in Yemen for Tuesday.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), wrapping up for the Senate for the evening, asked consent that supporters of the resolution be able to call up the measure once the Senate reconvenes on Tuesday, with up to four hours of debate before a vote.

If all debate time is used up a vote is expected at approximately 4:15 p.m. on Tuesday, according to the Senate GOP cloakroom. The Senate is expected to vote on tabling, or effectively pigeonholing, the resolution.

The resolution-spearheaded by Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.)-would require any U.S. forces not involved in fighting al Qaeda or related groups to be out of the country within 30 days.

Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/379234-senate-tees-up-yemen-vote-for-tuesday?amp&__twitter_impression=true

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1. Defense contractor lobbyists must have had a busy week indeed

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2. Wish we would end this world-WIDE Empire crap

Put 1/2 Trillion into domestic programs

And party for 20 years

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3. Ah. Change like that would take an alien invasion, or intervention at least.

Hey. You never know.

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4. If that's what it takes...please bring it on

Welcom the respit

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5. I hear you.

I wonder what they'll think of us.

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6. That we are greedy pigs

Who do harms to others for unjust enrichment sake

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7. Sad, but true - some of us at least.

"Sometimes I feel this bad about what we did." "That much, huh?"