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House Votes to End U.S. Support for Saudi-Led War in Yemen

HeadlineFeb 14, 2019

On Capitol Hill, the House approved a bill Wednesday to end U.S. support for the Saudi-led war in Yemen, which has sparked the world’s worst humanitarian crisis in a half-century. Eighteen Republicans joined the Democratic majority in Wednesday’s 248-177 vote. House Democrats are calling on the Senate to take up the bill, after a majority of senators approved a similar measure last December. President Trump has signaled he would veto the legislation—it would be the first veto of his administration. The British charity Save the Children estimates more than 85,000 Yemeni children under the age of 5 have died from acute malnutrition since the Obama administration first backed a Saudi-led coalition bombing campaign in 2015. The U.N. warns half of Yemen’s population—more than 14 million people—remain on the brink of starvation.

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