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Group of influential Dems demand ban on Iran spending in government funding stopgap
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Now, with Democrats invigorated by sweeping midterm election wins and the Trump administration continuing its controversial attacks on Iran, yet another government shutdown appears possible in less than a month.
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An influential group of Senate Democrats are warning they won’t accept any government funding deal that fails to ban spending on military hostilities in Iran, potentially risking a government shutdown in December.
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Sens. Michael Bennett from Colorado, Tammy Duckworth from Illinois, Chris Van Hollen from Maryland, and Vermont-based Bernie Sanders, an independent who caucuses with Democrats, made the announcement Thursday.
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“As we approach the December 11 funding deadline, we should not accept a short-term spending deal that continues to provide billions of additional dollars for President [Donald] Trump’s war of choice,” the group said in a statement.
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“Any short-term package must include language that restricts the Trump Administration from using appropriated funds to continue his war against Iran.”
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With fiscal year 2027 well underway, Congress still hasn’t passed a single one of the 12 annual appropriations bills that collectively fund all federal agencies.
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In September, lawmakers had punted the government shutdown deadline to Dec. 11 by passing a continuing resolution, a temporary measure which effectively froze current funding levels.
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Now, with Democrats invigorated by sweeping midterm election wins and the Trump administration continuing its controversial attacks on Iran, yet another government shutdown appears possible in less than a month.
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“Congress cannot allow Trump to continue his conflict – we must force him to end it,” the senators’ statement continued.
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“When we vote on appropriations, we intend to fund the government and stop funds for this war.
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It is what the American people demand, and what they deserve.”
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Only Congress has the power to declare war, but Congress still hasn’t authorized the ongoing U.S. military actions against Iran.
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The War Powers Act of 1973 gives the president only 60 days to conduct military operations without congressional approval.
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When that deadline passed, the Trump administration skirted the requirement by temporarily declaring a ceasefire, a move which Hegseth claimed reset the 60-day clock.
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By the time the U.S. and Iran signed a 60-day peace framework in mid-June — which Iran promptly violated — Congress had passed a war powers resolution ordering a halt of further military conflict in Iran.
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The Pentagon, however, ignored the edict, and the conflict continues.
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Congressional Democrats have already proven in the 119th Congress that they are willing to block government funding over policy demands.
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Senate Democrats triggered the longest government shutdown in history in February, a 76-day shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security, over demands that Republicans implement drastic reforms to ICE and Border Patrol.
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Democrats only voted to end the shutdown when Republicans stripped immigration enforcement funding from the Homeland Security appropriations bill entirely, though Republicans later infused ICE and Border Patrol with a three-year cash advance via a budget reconciliation bill.
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That shutdown occurred only months after Democrats instigated a 42-day full government shutdown in an attempt to force Republicans to renew expiring COVID-19-era healthcare subsidies.
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