Movement in the House on Yemen

In a rare exercise of its war-making role, the House of Representatives on Monday overwhelmingly passed a resolution explicitly stating that U.S. military assistance to Saudi Arabia in its war in Yemen is not authorized under legislation passed by Congress to fight terrorism or invade Iraq.

  Politico

That sounds good.

The nonbinding resolution adopted 366-30, does not call for a halt to the American support but publicly acknowledges the Pentagon has been sharing targeting information and refueling warplanes that Saudi Arabia and other allies are using to attack Houthi rebels in a conflict that is widely considered a proxy war with Iran — and a humanitarian disaster.

But of course, it's meaningless.

“I don’t believe our security cooperation with the Saudis triggers War Powers,” House Foreign Affairs Chairman Ed Royce (R-Calif.) said. “But just because it does not arise under that particular statute, does not make it immune from our scrutiny.”

Oooooh. Scrutiny. Tillerson and the generals must be shaking in their boots.

There is currently no companion resolution before the Senate.

Poof.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.