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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Sun Mar 8, 2026, 03:19 PM Sunday

Trump may need billions for the Iran war. Congress stands in the way. [View all]

WASHINGTON – Capitol Hill is bracing for an imminent ask from President Donald Trump for billions in emergency cash to fund the escalating war with Iran.

A week into the conflict, congressional leaders, including the top Republican appropriators in the Senate and House of Representatives, have publicly said a request is almost certainly on its way. Yet exactly how much money the White House will want, when Trump will demand it and what Republicans may do to sweeten the deal are open questions.

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They already seem divided about what they could do. Some, including progressives such as Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, are pledging to vote no before seeing any such ask, arguing the Pentagon is flush with cash after the passage of the "One Big, Beautiful Bill Act" and an annual defense spending bill of over $830 billion.

"The Republicans have already given $1 trillion to the military," Warren told USA TODAY. "No one knows how much money is sloshing around over there and where it's being spent."

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-may-billions-iran-war-110343017.html

What does the GOP care? It's not their money.

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