As Top Dems Waver, Van Hollen and Khanna Work to Axe Funds for Trump's Iran War | Common Dreams
Common Dreams reports that as leading Democrats hesitate to use the December 11 government funding fight to cut off money for Trump's Iran war—launched without congressional authorization in late February 2026 and costing $47 billion by the Pentagon's count—Sen. Chris Van Hollen and Rep. Ro Khanna are pushing to bar any funding for it. Sen. Tim Kaine backs them, Hakeem Jeffries defers to appropriators Patty Murray and Rosa DeLauro, and Van Hollen says any shutdown blame would fall on Trump and Republicans.
