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G_j

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Thu Apr 4, 2019, 05:57 PM Apr 2019

Congress invokes powers to challenge Trump on war in Yemen

Source: AP

WASHINGTON (AP) — Rejecting a plank of President Donald Trump’s foreign policy, the House on Thursday invoked never-before-used powers to demand that his administration withdraw support from the Saudi-led war in Yemen . The Senate passed the same resolution in March with bipartisan support.

Trump is expected to issue a veto of the measure , his second as president, and Congress does not have the votes to override him. But the action was nonetheless a milestone for lawmakers, who have shown a renewed willingness to assert their war-making powers after letting them atrophy for decades under presidents from both parties.

Read more: https://www.apnews.com/263d2069e3a0450b9f6329d01004de0c

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Congress invokes powers to challenge Trump on war in Yemen (Original Post) G_j Apr 2019 OP
How about a f'ing food relief intervention now that thousands have died?? Evolve Dammit Apr 2019 #1
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