Having already derailed one attempt at a War Powers Act challenge to the
Yemen War, the House Republican leadership is trying to do so again
with a motion of recommit, and using the same trick of semantics that
worked the last time.
Progressive groups are warning the House Democrats to watch out for a motion to recommit move on the Yemen vote. Already, one such motion was snuck through including language condemning anti-Semitism.
That may sound familiar, as the first House resolution also had
similarly language tacked on in an amendment. This allowed the Senate to
strip the vote of privilege, arguing it wasn’t a War Powers Act bill,
it was a bill on anti-Semitism.
The motions to recommit already forced the Senate to vote once, and the
House to vote again Another round of motions could start the process all
over again. The goal appears to be to derail the vote and save
President Trump from an embarrassing veto.
Republicans Move Again to Kill Yemen War Powers Bill
Republicans look to stick anti-Semitism language in the bill again
Jason Ditz is Senior Editor for Antiwar.com. He has 20 years of experience in foreign policy research and his work has appeared in The American Conservative, Responsible Statecraft, Forbes, Toronto Star, Minneapolis Star-Tribune, Providence Journal, Washington Times, and the Detroit Free Press.
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