Yemen

On May 31, Reps. Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Peter DeFazio (OR-04), Nancy Mace (SC-01), and Adam Schiff (CA-27) introduced a Yemen War Powers Resolution to end U.S. participation in the Saudi-led coalition’s war and blockade in Yemen.

In an effort to strengthen the recently announced temporary truce and further incentivize Saudi Arabia to stay at the negotiation table, the groups urged Congress “to cosponsor and publicly support Representatives Jayapal, DeFazio, Schiff, Mace and Senator Sanders War Powers Resolution to end U.S. military participation in the Saudi-led coalition’s war on Yemen.”

There is a glimmer of hope in the effort to end the war in Yemen. On April 1, a two-month Ramadan truce took effect. While the ceasefire has not entirely held, several fuel ships have finally been allowed into Yemen, and there are discussions of flights taking off from Sanaa airport for the first time in years.

Ryan Grim and Hassan El-Tayyab discuss the Yemen cease-fire and a new Yemen War Powers Resolution.

Two House members announced this week they’d be introducing a War Powers Resolution to put an end to America’s role in the Saudi-led conflict.

One year into the Biden administration, the war continues. Congress must now pass a new Yemen War Powers Resolution to end all U.S. participation in the Saudi-led war.

On Dec. 7, the Senate voted down S.J.Res.31 – a bipartisan resolution, sponsored by Sens. Rand Paul (KY), Bernie Sanders (VT), and Mike Lee (UT), to block a $650 million weapons sale to Saudi Arabia. 

Yemen is currently undergoing one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises, driven by nearly seven years of war and a crippling air and sea blockade imposed by Saudi Arabia.