WASHINGTON --While many opponents of the U.S.-backed and Saudi-led war in Yemen celebrated the House’s recent passage of a bill aimed at ending U.S. support for that war, Rep. Justin Amash (R-MI) has claimed that the bill – H.J. Res. 37 -- had been “sabotaged” in order to expand the controversial 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF)
Rep. Amash Calls Out Dangerous Loopholes in Yemen War Bill and Offers Remedy
Though it is similar to H.J. Res 37, Amash’s new bill contains neither dubious loopholes nor implicit expansions of the executive branch’s power to wage war unilaterally without express congressional approval.