Historic Yemen Vote: Despite Possible Veto, ‘Great Leverage for Peace Talks’ March 15, 2019 The Senate’s vote, invoking the War Powers Act and withdrawing U.S. support for the war in Yemen, could still be vetoed by Trump, but it can provide a way forward for ending this horrific war, say Shireen Al-Adeimi and Hassan El-Tayyab…
Thanks to the 70+ national advocacy groups including Oxfam America, MoveOn, Indivisible, Win Without War, FreedomWorks, Ploughshares Fund, Peace Action, Demand Progress, FCNL, Just Foreign Policy, and many more who signed this bipartisan coalition letter requesting Senators vote to pass SJRes7, the Yemen War Powers Resolution. This letter was delivered Monday March 11th in advance of the Senate…
Thank you to the nearly 40 undersigned advocacy groups including Demand Progress, Credo Action, Vote Vets, Center for Economic Policy and Research, Common Defense, Peace Action, Democracy for America and many others that have signed our coalition letter to urge House Leadership to support Rep Cicilline’s HR1004 – the Prohibiting Unauthorized Military action in Venezuela Act. See the full…
With no leadership coming from the White House, the onus falls on Congress to impose swift and concrete consequences on the Saudis