{"id":30616,"date":"2018-03-09T08:17:57","date_gmt":"2018-03-09T16:17:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/?p=30616"},"modified":"2018-03-09T08:17:57","modified_gmt":"2018-03-09T16:17:57","slug":"call-your-senator-today-end-us-support-for-saudi-war-in-yemen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/09\/call-your-senator-today-end-us-support-for-saudi-war-in-yemen\/","title":{"rendered":"Call Your Senator Today: End US Support for Saudi War in Yemen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stopthewar.us\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/antiwar_pagetopper550.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"275\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30617\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/antiwar_pagetopper550-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/antiwar_pagetopper550.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Next week, the Senate is expected to vote on ending U.S. military involvement in the Saudi-led war in Yemen, which has plunged Yemen into the world&#39;s largest humanitarian crisis.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/115th-congress\/house-concurrent-resolution\/81\/text?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22H.%2BCON.%2BRES.%2B81%22%5D%7D&#038;r=1\">S.J.Res. 54<\/a> would withdraw U.S. armed forces from this war that is now entering its third year. Because Congress has never authorized this war, this legislation is required to come up for a vote on the Senate floor in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><b><font face=\"Arial Black\" color=\"#FF0000\" size=\"5\">Call Your Senator and Urge Them to Support SJ&nbsp;Res.&nbsp;54<\/font><font size=\"5\"><br \/><\/font><\/b><font size=\"5\"><a href=\"tel:\/\/1-202-899-8938\" style=\"text-decoration:none\"><font face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" color=\"#FF0000\"><b>+1 (833) 786-7927<\/b><\/font><\/a><\/font><\/p>\n<p>By providing mid-air refueling for Saudi and UAE bombers and weapons, intelligence, and logistical support for the Saudi-led coalition, the U.S. is complicit in violations of international law and in creating the world&#8217;s largest humanitarian crisis.<\/p>\n<p>Invoking the War Powers Resolution to end the illegal U.S. war in Yemen will make history as a step toward restoring congressional authority over decisions about war as required by the Constitution. The bill will force the first-ever vote in the Senate to withdraw U.S. armed forces from an unauthorized war.<\/p>\n<p>Millions of lives hang in the balance. Nowhere in the world does Washington have more leverage to stop millions of people from starvation than in Yemen, where more than 8 million people are on the verge of starving to death.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><font face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\"><b><font color=\"#FF0000\" size=\"5\">Call Your Senator and Urge Them to Support SJ&nbsp;Res.&nbsp;54<\/font><font size=\"5\"><br \/><a href=\"tel:\/\/1-202-899-8938\" style=\"text-decoration:none\"><font color=\"#FF0000\">+1 (833) 786-7927<\/font><\/a><\/font><\/b><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Next week, the Senate is expected to vote on ending U.S. military involvement in the Saudi-led war in Yemen, which has plunged Yemen into the world&#39;s largest humanitarian crisis. S.J.Res. 54 would withdraw U.S. armed forces from this war that is now entering its third year. 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