On January 30, Bernie Sanders, Mike Lee, and Chris Murphy introduced S.J.Res.7 – “A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities in the Republic of Yemen that have not been authorized by Congress.”

This is the Senate companion to the resolution passed by the House 248-177 last Wednesday. In the House, every Democrat voted yes on final passage, along with eighteen Republicans.

The Hill reports:

Sanders said he expects to force a vote on the resolution later this month or in early March, while co-sponsor Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) said he expects the vote shortly after lawmakers return from their weeklong Presidents Day recess.

Here are some co-sponsors of S.J.Res.7:

Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] — 02/04/2019 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] — 02/04/2019 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] — 02/04/2019 Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA] — 2/04/2019 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] — 2/04/2019

All these people have announced that they are running for President or have indicated to press that they are thinking about doing so. Bernie – as you probably noticed – announced yesterday. [Tulsi Gabbard was an original co-sponsor of the companion bill in the House.]

So where’s Amy Klobuchar? Why hasn’t she co-sponsored the Yemen war powers bill? Isn’t she eager to end the Yemen war? Isn’t she eager to re-assert the fact that Congress, not the President, decides when we go to war? Isn’t she eager to challenge the dangerously intimate relationship between the Trump Administration and the Saudi regime?

This is, of course, the same Amy Klobuchar who voted for Marco Rubio’s bill to take away our First Amendment right to participate in boycotts. Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Kirsten Gillibrand, Cory Booker, Kamala Harris, and Sherrod Brown all voted to protect our First Amendment rights. Amy Klobuchar apparently didn’t think that voting to protect our First Amendment rights was very important that day.

Don’t you think that Amy Klobuchar should co-sponsor the Sanders-Lee-Murphy bill to end the Yemen war? Please vote in the poll.