Where do Maine’s senators and congresspeople stand on the war in Yemen?
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Only one member of Maine's delegation has been vocal on the US role in this conflict. Changing that is one of the key goals of Maine for Yemen. But since the US has not directly engaged in the war, there have been only a few instances when our congresspeople have had the chance to be on the record at all. The first instance was the resolution ( SJ Res. 39 ) was put forward by Senators Chris Murphy (D-CT), Rand Paul (R-KY), Al Franken (D-MN) and Mike Lee (R-UT) in September, 2016. It would have blocked sale of Abrams tanks and other military hardware to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. However, the Senate voted to table the resolution and the sales went forward. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King both voted to table the resolution. At this key moment they did not oppose arming a military accused of grave human rights abuses. The "defensive" nature of some of the weapons in question does not change the fact that they are part of Saudi Arabia's ruthlessly violent...