Lawmakers call Biden's Yemen policy a 'historic shift' in US foreign relations - News Summed Up

Lawmakers call Biden's Yemen policy a 'historic shift' in US foreign relations


In 2017, Khanna, a progressive Democrat from California, introduced a measure that came to be known as the Yemen War Powers resolution. "Now I think that President Biden has made a clear statement that relationship is no longer what it once was." Democratic Rep. Mark Pocan of Wisconsin, a co-sponsor of the Yemen Resolution in the House, told CNN that Congress can play an oversight role to ensure swift action. Supporters of the Yemen resolution have argued that US military involvement in the Yemen conflict is unconstitutional because Congress did not explicitly authorize it. "Senator Sanders and I talked, 'do we need to re-introduce the War Powers resolution?'


Source: CNN February 20, 2021 05:03 UTC



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