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watch it live on c-span, starting january 3. >> the senate voted on two major issues dealing with yemen and the death of journalist jamal khashoggi. rachel oswald is a foreign policy reported with roll call she joins us with the details and rachel, first let's start with the jamal khashoggi resolution of the senate voted on. a tweet from the chair of the senate foreign affairs committee said the senate voted unanimously to hold crown prince mohammed bin salman responsible. what does this resolution actually say? >> the resolution doesn't include any binding language. it is not actually setting us policy. what it's doing is setting a sense in the senate that he did order the october assassination of jamal khashoggi. it also makes a number of

statements expressing the senate displeasure with various policies of rihanna having to do with human rights. it also criticizes at length the insurgents in the human and their role in the war. >> is not often that we something that is unanimous either in the house or senate. why was this unanimous? >> it was passed by a voice vote, it had overwhelming support by republicans. there were a few democrats that thought the language was a little too neutral regarding the system other issues in saudi arabia, but they agreed to support it because it was like the best way to send a message to saudi arabia that they are not happy with this ruler. >> on the measure dealing specifically with yemen, rachel, take a look at this tweet from bernie sanders, it talks about a historic is victory. the senate voted to stop us

military support for the us coalition fighting in yemen, the first time ever the senate has ended to in and off i dashes on authorized war. what does this say and what changes were actually made? >> this was the first time since the 1973 passage of the war powers act the senate had voted to order the pentagon to end its military campaign abroad. it has to go through a number of hurdles before it can actually become law, and there are even some questions that the constitutionality have yet to be resolved. >> in you right, too in an article that came out right after the senate vote, rachel, defying trump, the senate, ordering this military to end the role in the yemen war. you right that this is historic and symbolic and again what you mean by that? >> the house used a floor procedure yesterday to ensure that no resolution under the war powers act dealing with yemen gets a vote this year. so, that basically ensures

nothing, can dashes congress can do nothing at the end of the year. next year is another ballgame, though. the democrats taking control of the house, they have all the promised to bring up a yemen war powers resolution which should pass. and i believe the 56 votes in the senate today in favor of the resolution suggested that there should be support in the senate to also pass the yemen war resolution. so, that could set up a showdown with president donald trump as he has threatened to veto the resolution. >> rachel you have written in the past that this is more of a proxy war between democrats and republicans than it is the united states against any foreign power. tell us more about that. >> this is just another opportunity for democrats and a significant number of republicans to express their displeasure with the presidents seemingly abandonment of long- standing us values in favor of

a more transactional approach regarding saudi arabia. it's a chance for democrats to reach out to their grassroots and americans at large that this president is not historical in the way he governs. republicans who may privately share those concerns feel uncomfortable sharing them publicly because the president trump's control of the grassroot voters. >> we appreciate your time and we will continue to follow you on twitter, thanks a lot. >> thank you for having me. in prime time tonight here once for dashes c-span 3, discussions about healthcare and competition. we begin at 8 eastern about healthcare cost. then at 9:30 of you from the private sector. after that health and human services alex cesar talks about the trumpet administrations strategy on lowering healthcare costs. all tonight here on c-span 3.

this weekend, c-span's tour takes you to lawrence kansas. lawrence kansas was founded on a principle and it was founded in conflict. for those that know about bleeding kansas, it was the beginning of the civil war, but it started before the civil war. and in the 1850s. and it drew a lot of people in on both sides of the slavery issue. lawrence was burned in 1856 because it was the headquarter for the free state movement. on saturday we will hear from local authors as we learn about the history of lawrence. and then at sunday on 2 p.m. we will take you to lower local historic sites and to the robert dole institute at the university of kansas. we will hear about the life of this long serving senator from

the state. the c-span cities tour in cooperation with our cable partners around the country exploring the american story. a discussion now on migration in central america. observers and analyst talk about the impact security and development and why people are leaving their country. this hour-long discussion was hosted by the american society and the council of the americas society. >> i think we are going to get started here. thank you everyone for coming, i am nick miroff, a reporter for the washington post i cover homeland security and enforcement. i was a co