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Wed Feb 13, 2019, 10:20 PM Feb 2019

House rebuffs Trump's foreign policy with Yemen vote

The House on Wednesday passed a bill to halt U.S. involvement in Yemen’s civil war — yet another bipartisan rebuke of President Donald Trump’s foreign policy.

The legislation now heads to the Senate, where proponents expect it to narrowly pass in the coming weeks before arriving on Trump’s desk, setting up the first veto of his presidency.

The War Powers resolution cuts off U.S. support for the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen, which is bombing Iranian-backed Houthi rebels. The civil war has sparked a humanitarian crisis in the country, including widespread famine and cholera outbreaks.

“This is a bipartisan effort to not only stop a very horrible conflict that’s having devastating consequences and creating a serious humanitarian crisis, but also an important moment for Congress to accept its responsibilities and reassert its role in declarations of war and the use of military force on behalf of the United States,” Rep. David Cicilline of Rhode Island, a member of House Democratic leadership and the Foreign Affairs Committee, said.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/house-rebuffs-trumps-foreign-policy-with-yemen-vote/ar-BBTyvZL?li=BBnb7Kz

But what will Trump say to his handsome Sawedy Prince?

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