At least one Republican lawmaker has signaled she is poised to vote no supplemental funding bill to pay for the Iran war.
Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) said her answer is no to any funding bill regardless the price tag.
The Department of Defense is seeking $200 billion in supplemental funds to keep paying for Operation Epic Fury, which President Donald Trump launched on Feb 28.
The war is costing American taxpayers about $1 billion a day, as well as hurting their wallets at the gas pump as oil prices soar.
“I will not vote for a war supplemental,” she told CNN’s Manu Raju Thursday. “No. I am a no. I’ve already told leadership. I am a no on any war supplementals. I am so tired of spending money elsewhere. I am tired of the industrial-war complex getting all of our hard-earned tax dollars. I have folks in Colorado who can’t afford to live. We need America First policies right now, and that? I’m not doing that.”
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Later on Thursday, Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) had people scratching their heads when he said Iran should foot the bill.
“I would actually like to see Iran pay for this, whether it’s $20 billion or $200 billion, whatever it is,” Perry said.
He later said the money from Iran would have to be paid out by a future regime that is more amicable to the U.S.
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Some prominent Democrats have not ruled out voting in favor of the supplemental funding.