The latest funding plan introduced by US House Republicans to support the war against Iran may completely shatter Trump's idea of finalizing a total defense budget of 1.5 trillion US dollars. The Middle East war heavily consumed stocks of interceptor missiles and various types of ammunition, leaving a huge financial hole in the US Department of Defense's books. Senior Republicans are rushing to push for a $60 billion special bill to fill the gap. To circumvent the Democratic Party's obstruction in the Senate, the Republican Party intends to use a budget reconciliation process to advance the bill — a special legislative process that does not require rounding up the regular 60 votes required by the Senate to end lengthy debates; only a simple majority is required to pass the bill. Trump administration officials have previously urged lawmakers to introduce smaller bills first to meet emergency wartime funding needs as a matter of priority. However, this plan will seriously damage Trump's astonishing defense budget blueprint: the president's original plan, out of a total budget of 1.5 trillion dollars, was approved and implemented using 350 billion US dollars to also go through this budget settlement channel. This spring, Congress passed a separate $70 billion settlement bill to fund immigration control and border patrol projects. The Republican Party holds only a weak majority in both houses of the Senate and the House of Representatives. With the midterm elections approaching, two more settlement bills were introduced this year, which is hardly feasible at the political level.

The latest funding plan introduced by US House Republicans to support the war against Iran may completely shatter Trump's idea of finalizing a total defense budget of 1.5 trillion US dollars. The Middle East war heavily consumed stocks of interceptor missiles and various types of ammunition, leaving a huge financial hole in the US Department of Defense's books. Senior Republicans are rushing to push for a $60 billion special bill to fill the gap. To circumvent the Democratic Party's obstruction in the Senate, the Republican Party intends to use a budget reconciliation process to advance the bill — a special legislative process that does not require rounding up the regular 60 votes required by the Senate to end lengthy debates; only a simple majority is required to pass the bill. Trump administration officials have previously urged lawmakers to introduce smaller bills first to meet emergency wartime funding needs as a matter of priority. However, this plan will seriously damage Trump's astonishing defense budget blueprint: the president's original plan, out of a total budget of 1.5 trillion dollars, was approved and implemented using 350 billion US dollars to also go through this budget settlement channel. This spring, Congress passed a separate $70 billion settlement bill to fund immigration control and border patrol projects. The Republican Party holds only a weak majority in both houses of the Senate and the House of Representatives. With the midterm elections approaching, two more settlement bills were introduced this year, which is hardly feasible at the political level.