Senate Republicans Introduce Bill to Re-Sanction Houthis
A group of Senate Republicans introduced a bill last week that would redesignate the Yemen-based Houthi militant group as a foreign terrorist organization, reversing a Biden administration decision last year to revoke some sanctions against the group. The bill, introduced…
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by Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and sponsored by eight other Republicans, would subject the Houthis to strict financial blocking measures and sanction the group’s leaders. The Biden administration revoked the sanctions, which were imposed under President Donald Trump, because of concerns that they were hindering humanitarian aid to the region (see 2102100016). “I’ve consistently sought to reimpose those sanctions, and it’s now clear that if the Biden administration is unwilling to do so then Congress should mandate that they do,” Cruz said.