There is a debate among Democrats in the Senate about when the Iran war should be defunded. With a government funding deadline coming up on December 11th, Democrats have a decision to make.
Senate Republicans don’t have the votes to pass another reconciliation bill to keep the government funded before the end of the current Congress, when their time in the majority will come to a close.
It will require 60 votes to fund the government with a short-term continuing resolution. The resolution being discussed would fund the government through early January.
The Republicans will need 8 Democrats to vote for any bill to keep the government open.
Meanwhile, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is asking Congress for an immediate $350 billion to fund the war in Iran. The administration won’t admit it, but munitions and missile stocks have been described as dire, so the funds are needed to replenish what this administration wasted in Iran.
Democrats in both the House and Senate have widely been firm in their refusal to spend another dime on the war in Iran. Outside of Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA), it is hard to find a Democrat in either the House or the Senate who is open to giving Trump more money for his war.
A group of Senate Democrats is promising to vote against any government funding bill that gives money to the war.