US President Donald Trump’s Republican allies in the House of Representatives have blocked a vote on a measure that sought to end Washington’s support for Saudi Arabia’s brutal war on Yemen.
The still Republican-led lower chamber of Congress voted 201-187 on Wednesday afternoon to approve a rule for floor debate on a bill that aimed to take the gray wolf off the endanger species list.
Also included in the measure, however, was an unrelated clause that barred debate on the US military’s involvement in the conflict.
The House Rules committee snuck the extraordinary clause in the wildlife bill on Tuesday, in order to block voting on a resolution by Democratic Representative Ro Khanna which invoked the 1973 War Powers Resolution to “remove US armed forces from hostilities in the Republic of Yemen that have not been authorized by Congress”.
Since it was introduced under the War Powers Resolution, Khanna’s measure should have had…