Sen. Chris Murphy long quest to end U.S. involvement in the Saudi-led war in Yemen received a boost on Wednesday.
Murphy, a Connecticut Democrat and member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, co-authored a resolution that invokes the War Powers Act to cease military support for the campaign in Yemen. The Senate approved the resolution by a vote of 63 to 37; full debate on the matter is expected next week.
Along with Murphy, the resolution was co-authored by Sens. Bernie Sanders, a Democrat from Vermont, and Mike Lee, a Republican from Utah.
Murphy has long pushed for an end to U.S. support for war. Last month, after journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed at the Saudi consulate in Turkey, Murphy reiterated his call for suspension of military support for the Saudi-led campaign.
The war has had devastating humanitarian consequences: Save the Children, a Connecticut-based aid organization, estimates that that 84,701 children under 5 have died in Yemen from untreated cases of malnutrition over the past three and a half years.