Senate fissure opens up over ending Yemen war
Traditional centrists are pushing back against bipartisan efforts to stop US support for the Saudi coalition.
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Establishment centrists? Not so much.
Lawmakers have introduced dueling Senate resolutions regarding US support for the Saudi-led war in Yemen, spotlighting a cross-party split ahead of next week’s White House visit by the war’s architect, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
Earlier this month, left-wing presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., joined forces with Tea Party champion Mike Lee, R-Utah, on a resolution to force the Donald Trump administration to end US support for the war without exception. The move comes amid increasing US concern about the rising death toll and damage to civilian infrastructure in the 3-year-old intervention against the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels.
