WASHINGTON - The Senate is poised vote on Wednesday on ending U.S. support for the Saudi Arabian-led coalition fighting in Yemen, legislation that the White House has threatened to veto. “We should not use this specific vote on a specific policy decision as some proxy for all the Senate’s broad feelings about foreign affairs. Concerns about Saudi human rights issues should be directly addressed with the administration and with Saudi officials,” McConnell said from the Senate floor. McConnell argued the Yemen resolution “will not enhance America’s diplomatic leverage” and will make it more difficult for the U.S. to end the conflict in Yemen and minimize civilian casualties. A similar resolution to end support for the Yemen war passed the Senate in December, but it was not taken up under the then Republican-controlled House.

Source: thestar March 13, 2019 15:50 UTC