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Uncertain path for Iran war funding

CQ Budget, Episode No. 384

Senate Majority Leader John Thune hasn’t ruled out attaching other legislative priorities to a war funding package.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune hasn’t ruled out attaching other legislative priorities to a war funding package. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

The Trump administration has sent mixed signals about plans for a supplemental war funding package while providing Congress with little information about the costs of military operations against Iran. CQ Roll Call’s John M. Donnelly and David Lerman assess the potential timing for a war funding bill, the options for passing it and what else might get attached to it.

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