Lawmakers resurrect effort to pull US support from Saudi-backed forces in Yemen

A bipartisan group of lawmakers including Sens. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Mike Lee, R-Utah, renewed their efforts in the House and the Senate to stop providing Saudi Arabia with U.S. military assistance for its war in Yemen.

While the Saudis have been embroiled in a civil war in Yemen opposing Iranian-backed Houthi rebels, some lawmakers in Congress have grown concerned about the involvement of the U.S. military supporting the Saudi regime and its questionable human rights record. The legislation passed the Senate in the last Congress, but it was never brought to a vote in the House.