Senate votes to cut off U.S. support for war in Yemen

A boy stands in the rubble of a home in Yemen.

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published 13 March 2019

In a rebuke to President Trump, the Senate voted on Wednesday to end U.S. support for the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen.

Seven Republicans joined the Democrats to vote for the resolution, which now heads to the House, where a similar measure was passed earlier this year. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) worked together on the legislation, and on the Senate floor Wednesday, Sanders called U.S. involvement "clearly unconstitutional."

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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.