Pentagon seeks more than $200 billion in budget request for Iran war, Washington Post reports Posted by 1-randomonium
Butwhy113511 on March 19, 2026 11:09 am Doesn’t sound like it’ll be over soon. When is Congress going to have a vote on any of this? Are they too busy passing zero laws to do anything?
Worth-Jicama3936 on March 19, 2026 11:16 am What happens if congress doesn’t explicitly approve this after 90 days under the WPA?
No-Kiwi-1868 on March 19, 2026 11:25 am “Irresponsible: Bidenomics could send US debt and fiscal discipline into a tailspin” would have been the headline 4 years ago
JeromesNiece on March 19, 2026 11:29 am According to Kevin Hassett, the first two weeks of the war cost $12 billion, so this would apparently imply 33 more weeks of this…
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Fiscal conservatism is dead in the GOP.
Doesn’t sound like it’ll be over soon. When is Congress going to have a vote on any of this? Are they too busy passing zero laws to do anything?
What happens if congress doesn’t explicitly approve this after 90 days under the WPA?
We already gave y’all money
“Irresponsible: Bidenomics could send US debt and fiscal discipline into a tailspin” would have been the headline 4 years ago
According to Kevin Hassett, the first two weeks of the war cost $12 billion, so this would apparently imply 33 more weeks of this…