Tell Maine's Congresspeople to end US involvement in the war in Yemen
Since 2015 the United States has been supporting the military operation by Saudi Arabia against Houthi rebels in Yemen. We are deeply complicit in terrible destruction in that country, but Congress has never voted on whether the US should even be involved. Saudi Arabia and its allies have dropped American bombs on homes, hospitals, markets, bridges and ports across Yemen, killing thousands of civilians and destroying infrastructure needed to move food around the country. As a result 80% of Yemen's residents are in immediate need of humanitarian aid and more than 7 million are on the verge of starvation. But Congress is pushing back: a bipartisan group of representatives has introduced House Concurrent Resolution 81 to force a congressional debate and vote on America’s military involvement in Yemen’s civil war. The vote will take place in the week of October 9-13. Tell Chellie Pingree and Bruce Poliquin to vot YES on Resolution 81 to get America out of this destructive