GOP leaders openly balk at emergency funding push for Trump's war

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3. They'll cave. Even the critics of the war.

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) acknowledged the potential for a political fight, but also said Congress can’t simply push a supplemental bill for Iran off indefinitely.

“We’re there, and we have to sustain it,” he said. “The last thing we want to do is not have the resources to keep the region as settled as possible when you have 40,000 personnel there on a full-time basis.”

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/13/getting-congress-to-pay-for-the-iran-war-wont-be-an-easy-sell-00826757