Today @RepJayapal @RepPeterDeFazio @RepAdamSchiff @NancyMace intro'd a War Powers Resolution to end US support for the Saudi-UAE war on Yemen. @SenSanders will soon intro a Senate companion.
— Demand Progress (@demandprogress) June 1, 2022
We stand w/ 100+ orgs to demand Congress pass this bill immediately. #YemenCantWait pic.twitter.com/LZdzd7d67X
Category: Yemen
Biden Promised to Stop Supporting Saudi Aggression in Yemen. He Lied.
Biden continues to sell the Saudis and Emiratis massive amounts of arms. In December, Congress approved a $650 million arms sale to Saudi Arabia that Biden had proposed. That was small change compared to a $23 billion arms sale to the UAE which had been negotiated by the Trump Administration. Biden briefly suspended Trump’s gargantuan UAE sale before allowing it to go ahead.
Source: Biden Promised to Stop Supporting Saudi Aggression in Yemen. He Lied. – CounterPunch.org
Progressives Demand End to US Involvement on 7th Anniversary of Saudi-Led War on Yemen
“American complicity in this humanitarian disaster has persisted for too long,” said a group of congressional lawmakers, “and we will not allow it to continue.”
Source: Progressives Demand End to US Involvement on 7th Anniversary of Saudi-Led War on Yemen