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Additional money for Iran conflict faces challenges, GOP senators warn
Key takeaways
- Republican senators are saying that any request from President Trump for tens of billions of dollars to pay for the Iran war will have a tough time passing the Senate.
- GOP senators say additional funding likely won t have the votes to pass unless Trump comes to Congress with a formal request for authorization, or at least a clear plan to end the war soon.
- The big problem is that Trump seems to have no easy way of ending the war while Iran has a choke hold on the Strait of Hormuz, through which 20 percent of global oil supplies travel.
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Republican senators are saying that any request from President Trump for tens of billions of dollars to pay for the Iran war will have a tough time passing the Senate.
GOP senators say additional funding likely won t have the votes to pass unless Trump comes to Congress with a formal request for authorization, or at least a clear plan to end the war soon.
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