The Senate looked poised last night to vote on the Yemen War Powers Resolution, which would have stopped some forms of U.S. assistance to the military coalition led by Saudi Arabia in the ongoing Yemeni Civil War. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I–Vt.), who sponsored the resolution, told The Intercept last week that he thought he had enough votes for it to pass the Senate.
But last night, Sanders announced that he'd withdrawn the resolution from Senate consideration "after the Biden administration agreed to continue working with [his] office on ending the war in Yemen." That came after reports that the White House railed against the resolution, with aides cautioning that President Joe Biden might veto it if passed. If the White House and Sanders' office fail to reach an agreement, Sanders says he will reintroduce the resolution "in the near future and do everything possible to end this horrific conflict."
