Dems Demand Government Funding Stopgap Include Ban on Iran Spending
Some Democrats want the spending bill to bar war funding, and a Reuters/Ipsos poll found 71% support for ending the conflict.
- Ahead of the December 11 funding deadline, Senate Democrats are threatening to withhold support for federal funding bills unless they include provisions to end the Iran war, setting up a potential government shutdown.
- A recent Reuters/Ipsos poll found 71% of Americans, including 93% of Democrats, support legislation ending the war, fueling Democratic arguments that midterm gains provided a mandate to act.
- Senate Appropriations Committee top Democrat Patty Murray stated on November 10 that President Donald Trump will not receive his $1.5 trillion war budget or the nearly $70 billion intended to bankroll the Iran war.
- While some members warn against the political fallout of a shutdown, Sen. Tim Kaine described the funding fight as a 'last resort' to stop the administration from ignoring war powers resolutions.
- Republicans hold 53 Senate seats until January 3, complicating efforts to pass a funding bill because a short-term continuing resolution requires 60 votes to overcome a filibuster.
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Four US senators are threatening to reject the year-end budget deal if it doesn't limit Donald Trump's ability to continue attacks on Iran.
US senators demand end to Iran war funding in bill averting shutdown • Oklahoma Voice
WASHINGTON — The possibility of a government shutdown next month increased somewhat Thursday as a group of U.S. senators said the stopgap spending bill must cut off funding for the Iran war. Democratic Sens. Michael Bennet of Colorado, Tammy Duckworth of Illinois and Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, as well as Vermont independent Sen. Bernie […]
The Guam Daily Post
Dems demand government funding stopgap include ban on Iran spending
(The Center Square) – An influential group of Senate Democrats are warning they won’t accept any government funding deal that fails to ban spending on military hostilities in Iran, potentially risking a government shutdown in December.
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