Thanks to the 40+ advocacy groups that signed this letter urging House Leadership support Amendment 339 during consideration of the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act, to end to US participation in the Saudi-UAE coalition’s war in Yemen. This letter was sent to House offices on Tuesday, July 9th at 10am. By ending US participation in…
Congress Can End the Yemen War This Summer, Despite Trump By Hassan El-Tayyab – Published in Truthout June 8th, 2019 On April 16, President Trump vetoed one of the most historically significant pieces of legislation to emerge from Congress during his presidency: S.J.Res.7, the Yemen War Powers Resolution. This bill would end U.S. military involvement in the Saudi…
Thanks to the 40+ advocacy groups that signed this letter urging an end to US participation in the Saudi-UAE coalition’s war in Yemen during consideration of the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and Defense Appropriations this summer. This letter was sent to every House and Senate office on Tuesday June 4th at 10am. We…
THE SENATE VOTE this month to end U.S. support for the war in Yemen marked a historic break from a bipartisan embrace of a pro-war foreign policy, yet it was accomplished without strong backing from Washington’s liberal foreign policy infrastructure. The resolution, co-sponsored by Sens. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., Mike Lee, R-Utah, and Chris Murphy, D-Conn.,…
While President Trump indicated that troops would be brought home from Syria, the opposite appears true. Prada’s newest Christmas trend: blackface? Policy and Government Affairs Fellow Hassan el-Tayyab discusses the latest update in U.S.-Saudi involvement in the war in Yemen. And tattoos may be lasting a lot longer…
Will the US end it’s support of the Saudi Arabian military in Yemen? John Iadarola and Hassan El-Tayyab discuss the US role in the Saudi/Yemeni war on The Damage Report.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) spoke at a press conference Thursday after the Senate voted 56-41 to pass his resolution calling for an end to US military support to the Saudi-led coalition in the Yemen war. See below for a transcript of his remarks and click here for a link to video: “Thank you all…
With no leadership coming from the White House, the onus falls on Congress to impose swift and concrete consequences on the Saudis
John Iadarola and Hassan El-Tayyab discuss movement in the Senate to sanction Saudi Arabia after the death of Jamal Khashoggi on The Damage Report
