Today’s Action: Tell the Senate to end U.S. terror in Yemen

In December, the Senate passed a bill 56-41 to withdraw U.S. support of Saudi Arabia’s warfare in Yemen, which is being called the worst humanitarian crisis of our time. This was great news, a rare bipartisan effort (seven Republicans joined Democrats) to end our brutal involvement in the genocide of the Yemeni people.

Unfortunately, former House Speaker Paul Ryan (who departed with a 12% approval rating) then effectively stalled the conversation by including language in the farm bill that prevented the House from taking further action in 2018.

Now in the new year, our Democratic-majority House is expected to take charge on Yemen. But in order for it to move forward, the Senate must approve the bill for the new Congress…which means we need to keep Yemen alive on every Senator’s phone lines.

Call or email your Senator (or schedule an office visit), and ask them to prioritize revisiting U.S. military support in Yemen — and then to vote to end it.

50,000-80,000 Yemenis have already been killed and 13 million more are starving to death, but Trump has continued his praise AND weapons supply for the Saudi Arabian regime responsible…possibly due to his own private business interests in Saudi Arabia.

Congress must now turn their attention to stopping America’s contributions to genocide, and standing firm against Trump’s efforts to continue the bloodshed. Yemenis literally cannot wait another day for us to withdraw.

Email or call (202.224.3121) your Senator and demand they push to end of all military action in Yemen and warfare supplies to Saudi Arabia. Tell them anything continuing to support these attrocities is completely unacceptable.