Bernie Sanders seeks override of Trump’s Yemen veto

Defense News: To override President Donald Trump’s veto of a measure to end U.S. military support for Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen, Sen. Bernie Sanders would have to get 13 more Republicans to change their votes for the supermajority needed.

Now Sanders, one of many Democratic presidential candidates, is betting that more of his fellow senators will stand up to defend Congress as an institution and its constitutional authority to declare war. On Monday, he issued a broad call that they support a veto override vote.

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