The US House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a measure aimed at withdrawing all US military support for the Saudi Arabia-backed war in Yemen, the latest in a series of rebukes by Congress to President Donald Trump’s foreign policy.

The Democratic-led House advanced the bill, 248-177, as its first major vote on foreign policy, making it priority even as the administration resists congressional involvement in the conflict. Last year, with Republicans in the majority, the House refused to take up the measure in order to keep the president’s hands from being tied on a key foreign policy area.

Because a similar bill has passed the Senate before and is likely to pass again, it could be the first veto of Trump’s presidency.

The resolution, authored by Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., has strong support from both sides of the aisle. It would invoke the War Powers Resolution, inserting congressional oversight into the conflict in Yemen, effectively ending US involvement and military assistance to the war in Yemen.

“It’s overdue,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said of the measure.

The bill is the result of a long-running debate between Congress and the executive branch over war-making authority, but it’s also the latest example of a Congress, including members of the president’s own party, increasingly asserting its voice against his foreign policy in a number of critical areas. The Senate passed a similar resolution in December, with the support of a handful of Republicans.

Criticism in Congress escalated after the administration refused to place blame on Saudi Arabia for the murder of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi, despite US intelligence that shows a “high confidence” Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman was involved.

Source: Agencies