Republican lawmakers shrug at more funding for Iran war

(Leo Shane III, Connor O’Brien and Joe Gould – Politico) The war in Iran is tearing through the Pentagon’s budget at nearly $1 billion a day, but lawmakers are in no rush to approve more money for the Trump administration’s expanding Middle East conflict. Top Republicans say the White House hasn’t made the case that it’s facing any financial difficulties with the war, so don’t feel pressure to boost the Pentagon’s $1 trillion budget. And Democrats are unlikely to support the plan at all, which would make securing the votes to pass a supplemental package an uphill climb. – Republican lawmakers shrug at more funding for Iran war – POLITICO