BURLINGTON, Vt., April 22 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders called on his colleagues Monday to support a vote overriding President Donald Trump’s veto of a resolution directing the removal of United States armed forces from the Saudi-led intervention in Yemen.

On April 16, Trump used the second veto of his presidency to reject the joint resolution – the first War Powers Resolution passed by Congress to end an unauthorized war.

“The president’s action is a very serious challenge to Congressional authority that demands a response,” Sanders wrote in a letter to his fellow senators. Read More

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