Senate Democrats block $1 trillion defense bill in protest over Iran war

[rangerrebew]

Senate Democrats block $1 trillion defense bill in protest over Iran war
By  LISA MASCARO
Updated 4:14 PM EDT, July 14, 2026
 
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats blocked a $1 trillion annual defense bill Tuesday, refusing to advance the bipartisan package that would substantially increase Pentagon spending, including a pay raise for the troops, in protest of President Donald Trump’s war against Iran.

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer announced his opposition and other key Democrats said they could not support the annual bill, known as the National Defense Authorization Act, as the war drags into a fifth month with no clear endgame in sight. The tally was 50-46, failing largely along party lines to reach the threshold needed.

“The NDAA cannot become a permission slip for that recklessness that we see occurring in Iran,” Schumer, of New York, said ahead of voting.

“Donald Trump does not get to drag the American people deeper into a war he cannot explain and does not know how to end—and then demand that Congress look the other way.”

The Senate vote comes a day after the White House formally notified Congress that it had resumed bombing strikes against Iran, effectively undoing the fragile ceasefire in the U.S.-Israel led conflict that has resulted in economic disruptions, including volatile gas prices ahead of the midterm elections.

https://apnews.com/article/senate-defense-bill-iran-war-fe6f7d37197f8e04dbe12dcec390aad2

[rangerrebew]

Aaaah, those democrats know how to support America and its military.

[DefiantMassRINO]

That's their Constitutional prerogative.  Only Congress has the power to declare war.

These f'ing wars of Executive foreign adventure need to cease.

The Founders gave the Power to make War only to Congress because they knew all too well that Executives were, and still are, slap-happy to go to war if there no checks and balances.

[Cyber Liberty]

That's their Constitutional prerogative.  Only Congress has the power to declare war.

These f'ing wars of Executive foreign adventure need to cease.

The Founders gave the Power to make War only to Congress because they knew all too well that Executives were, and still are, slap-happy to go to war if there no checks and balances.

Well, I guess we may as well pack it in and surrender to Iran right now.  Sound good to you, RINO?  We lose.

[DefiantMassRINO]

No, I want a war that fits the theatre.

Blowing stuff up from the air won't win the war.

Winning the war requires asymetrical warfare on the ground on many fronts simultaneously.

They are fighting the wrong kind of war for the enemy they are fighting.

Every member of the IRGC needs to be neutralized by insurgents and vigilantes on the ground.

Well, I guess we may as well pack it in and surrender to Iran right now.  Sound good to you, RINO?  We lose.

[Cyber Liberty]

You don't start such action off by kicking the legs out from under the first phase of the operation because our internal enemies (Democrats) want us to do so.