Donald Trump’s administration has submitted a massive new funding request to Congress. The proposal covers the ongoing US-Iran war and a range of other priorities. It comes amid bi partisan congress debates over America’s role in the war.
Donald Trump seeks over $67B for Iran war
The White House is pressing Congress to approve $67 billion in new spending. The bulk of the money is going toward military operations tied to the war against Iran. The request comes one day after Congress passed a war powers resolution demanding Donald Trump either halt military action against Iran or seek legislative approval.
The Office of Management and Budget formally submitted the spending proposal on Wednesday, with director Russell Vought urging the House of Representatives to act quickly. “I urge the Congress to take action on these important and urgent requests as soon as possible,” Vought wrote to House Speaker Mike Johnson.
Most of the requested funds, roughly $67 billion, is targeted at the Department of Defense. That breaks down into $21 billion for munitions, $17.3 billion for operational costs, and $21.1 billion for classified programs. The request also covers military personnel, readiness expenses, and restocking efforts. Although it falls well short of the $200 billion supplemental request the Pentagon floated earlier in 2025. Congress already approved $150 billion for the military last year under Trump’s signature One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
The funding push faces resistance on multiple fronts. Four Republican senators, Lisa Murkowski, Susan Collins, Bill Cassidy, and Rand Paul, broke with their party to vote for the war powers resolution. Senator Cassidy went further, confronting Trump directly at a closed-door luncheon of Senate Republicans on Wednesday.
Democrats also pushed back. Senator Patty Murray of Washington called the proposal an attempt to secure tens of billions for “unrelated Pentagon priorities” outside the normal budget process and said she would not “rubber-stamp tens of billions more for this disastrous war of choice.”
To broaden support, the proposal bundles in $11.1 billion in farm aid, $1.4 billion for Ebola response in Africa, $1 billion for Penn Station upgrades in New York, and $500 million for construction projects in Washington, DC.
(Source: Al Jazeera)
Originally reported by Devanshi Basu for Mandatory.
