White House asks Congress for $87.6 billion, mostly for Iran war

President Donald Trump’s administration asked the U.S. Congress on Wednesday for $87.6 billion in additional funding, most of it related to the Iran war , setting the stage for another fight with lawmakers already frustrated with the conflict.

The supplemental funding request, posted on the White House website and transmitted to Congress, includes $67.15 billion for the military, in addition to some $1 trillion appropriated last year and another $1.5 trillion Trump wants for next year .

The White House said the latest funding request is to cover operational costs of the Iran war, including for military personnel and readiness, operational costs to rebuild weapons stocks, and classified programs.

The funding request for the military includes $21 billion to procure munitions, strengthen the U.S. industrial base and support critical capabilities.

Senate joins House in vote to halt Iran war

The U.S. Senate passed a war powers resolution on Tuesday directing Trump to halt military action against Iran, weeks after the measure passed the House, as a handful of Trump’s fellow Republicans in both chambers joined almost every Democrat in a rebuke to Trump.

During a lunch at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Trump got into a shouting match over the war with Senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, one of the Republicans who voted in favor of the resolution.

The supplemental request immediately met resistance. Both Republican and Democratic lawmakers have complained since the U.S. and Israel began bombing Iran on February 28 that Trump and his team have not kept them informed about the conflict or his plans.

Additionally, lawmakers have noted that the U.S. Constitution gives Congress, not the president, the right to send troops into war, and accuse Trump of disregarding that separation of powers.

Tough vote for Republicans as midterms loom

Republicans could face a difficult vote for the request , given the war’s deep unpopularity and only months remaining until midterm elections in November that will determine whether they retain control of Congress.

Democrats also accuse Trump of ignoring the needs of Americans who have been grappling with a steep rise in fuel and food prices since the fighting began. “We should be lowering costs for the American people, not writing another blank check for Trump,” Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer posted on X after Congress received the request.

Senator Patty Murray of Washington, the top Democrat on the chamber’s appropriations committee, said she would review the request to ensure that servicemembers are taken care of, “but I will not rubber-stamp tens of billions more for this disastrous war of choice.”

Trump’s Republicans hold such slim margins in the House and Senate that appropriations bills typically need Democratic support to pass.

The supplemental budget request also includes some $1.4 billion to address the Ebola outbreak in Africa, including $800 million in international humanitarian assistance and $500 million for global health security to prevent, detect and respond to the outbreak.

“This funding is critical to protect Americans, and stop the spread to the United States,” the White House said.

The administration made steep cuts to the U.S. Agency for International Development and to African public health ​efforts prior to the outbreak.

The spending request is also seeking $11.1 billion to support U.S. farmers and $1 billion to boost the pensions of workers at former General Motors auto parts unit Delphi, which were cut during the Detroit automaker’s 2009 bankruptcy restructuring.

The White House is also asking for $500 million to support construction projects in and around Washington and $1 billion to assist reconstructing New York’s Penn Station.

周三，唐纳德·特朗普总统的政府向美国国会申请追加 876 亿美元的资金，其中大部分与伊朗战争有关，这为与已经对这场冲突感到沮丧的议员们再次展开斗争埋下了伏笔。

白宫网站公布并提交给国会的补充拨款申请包括为军队拨款 671.5 亿美元，此外还包括去年拨款的约 1 万亿美元，以及特朗普希望明年再拨款的 1.5 万亿美元。

白宫表示，最新的拨款申请是为了支付伊朗战争的运营成本，包括军事人员和战备成本、重建武器库存的运营成本以及机密项目成本。

军方提出的拨款申请包括 210 亿美元，用于采购弹药、加强美国工业基础和支持关键能力。

参议院与众议院联手投票，决定停止伊朗战争

美国参议院周二通过了一项战争权力决议，指示特朗普停止对伊朗的军事行动。此前几周，众议院也通过了这项决议。与此同时，两院中少数几位特朗普的共和党同僚与几乎所有民主党人一起，对特朗普进行了谴责。

周三，在国会大厦的一次午餐会上，特朗普与路易斯安那州参议员比尔·卡西迪就战争问题发生了激烈的争吵，卡西迪是投票支持该决议的共和党人之一。

这项补充请求立即遭到抵制。自2月28日美国和以色列开始轰炸伊朗以来，共和党和民主党议员都抱怨特朗普及其团队没有及时向他们通报冲突情况或其计划。

此外，议员们指出，美国宪法赋予国会而非总统向战争派遣军队的权力，并指责特朗普无视这种权力分立原则。

中期选举临近，共和党面临艰难抉择

鉴于这场战争极不受欢迎，而且距离 11 月的中期选举仅剩几个月时间，共和党人可能会面临艰难的投票表决，因为这次选举将决定他们是否继续控制国会。

民主党人还指责特朗普无视美国民众的需求，自战争爆发以来，美国民众一直在努力应对燃油和食品价格的飙升。“我们应该降低美国民众的生活成本，而不是再给特朗普开一张空白支票，”参议院民主党领袖查克·舒默在国会收到这项请求后，在X网站上发帖说道。

华盛顿州参议员帕蒂·默里是参议院拨款委员会的首席民主党议员，她表示将审查这项请求，以确保军人得到照顾，“但我不会为这场灾难性的选择性战争再批准数百亿美元的拨款。”

特朗普领导的共和党在众议院和参议院的席位优势非常微弱，因此拨款法案通常需要民主党的支持才能通过。

补充预算申请还包括约 14 亿美元用于应对非洲的埃博拉疫情，其中包括 8 亿美元的国际人道主义援助和 5 亿美元的全球卫生安全资金，用于预防、发现和应对疫情。

白宫表示：“这笔资金对于保护美国民众、阻止病毒传播到美国至关重要。”

在疫情爆发前，美国政府大幅削减了美国国际开发署和非洲公共卫生工作的经费。

该支出申请还寻求拨款 111 亿美元以支持美国农民，以及拨款 10 亿美元以提高通用汽车前汽车零部件部门德尔福员工的养老金，这些员工的养老金在底特律汽车制造商 2009 年破产重组期间被削减。

白宫还要求拨款 5 亿美元用于支持华盛顿及其周边地区的建设项目，并要求拨款 10 亿美元用于帮助重建纽约宾夕法尼亚车站。