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Democrats will take control of Congress in January. Their first chance to burn President Donald Trump\u2019s checkbook for the Iran war could come even sooner.<\/p>\n

Lawmakers face a Dec. 11 deadline to extend federal funding or spark a government shutdown \u2014 just weeks before Republicans lose their majorities in the House and Senate. And after Democratic moderates and progressives alike campaigned successfully on ending the war in Iran, some in the party now say any year-end spending measure must block cash for the military conflict.<\/p>\n

Democratic leaders have yet to announce whether they will try to use the moment to limit resources for Trump\u2019s offensive, but the party\u2019s top House appropriator isn\u2019t ruling out a year-end fight.<\/p>\n

\u201cDemocrats will absolutely not fund Trump\u2019s war of choice with Iran that has increased costs on American families and made us less safe,\u201d Connecticut Rep. Rosa DeLauro said Thursday in a statement to Blue Light News.<\/p>\n

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries \u2014 on tap to become speaker next year \u2014 said in a statement, \u201cwe will have a leadership conversation\u201d with DeLauro \u201cabout Donald Trump\u2019s reckless and costly war of choice in Iran.\u201d<\/p>\n

But, he added, \u201cit is clear from this election that the American people are demanding accountability and an end to the war.\u201d<\/p>\n

At least two potential presidential candidates in 2028 are pushing Democrats to play hardball with Republicans, using their influence with the Democratic base.<\/p>\n

\u201cI agree that the reason Republicans lost is the Iran war,\u201d Rep. Ro Khanna said on social media<\/u><\/a> Wednesday. He argued that Congress should \u201cend the Iran war like we did for Vietnam,\u201d referring to a 1973 move to cut off funding for military operations in southeast Asia.<\/p>\n

The California Democrat, whose allies just launched a \u201cRun Ro\u201d committee<\/u><\/a> to raise money for a potential presidential bid, also called on Democrats to support a stopgap funding patch in December that would bar federal dollars for \u201cany combat activities of the U.S. military in Iran.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNo capitulating,\u201d said another presumptive presidential contender, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, in an interview with The Bulwark this week. He urged Democrats to \u201cstand strong\u201d on blocking Iran war funding, adding that the party was \u201cin a position now where nobody should be afraid anymore\u201d given its \u201cmassive majorities\u201d in Congress.<\/p>\n

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, who is expected to lead the Democratic majority next year, said in an interview Thursday that he is currently working with Washington Sen. Patty Murray, the Senate\u2019s top Democratic appropriator, \u201cto get something done\u201d on government funding before the shutdown deadline.<\/p>\n

Murray, in a statement, also attributed Democrats\u2019 midterm gains to the unpopularity of the Iran conflict: \u201cThe American people just voted overwhelmingly to put an end to this war, and we are going to look at every tool we have available to us to bring this disastrous war to an end.\u201d<\/p>\n

But Murray and Schumer have not forecast whether Democrats will demand a cutoff of dollars for the Iran war during the upcoming funding negotiations. Schumer did, however, say publicly this week that he sees Congress\u2019 funding power as a means to bring the conflict to an end.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are going to end the war,\u201d he pledged during a Wednesday news conference at the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. \u201cAnd the founding fathers had the power of the purse as one of the ways of deterring a president who does war without the consent of the American people.\u201d<\/p>\n

While some might find it appealing to use the Dec. 11 funding deadline as an immediate leverage point, it raises the odds of a government shutdown that spills into the new year and overshadows the new majority\u2019s other policy goals. Democrats will have to weigh the pros and cons of instigating a confrontation they won\u2019t necessarily win given opposition from the White House and some Republicans still in Congress.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don’t know where our leadership is on this one, but I would say that definitely there\u2019s got to be a way to wind this down instead of saying \u2018no funding,\u2019\u201d a House Democratic appropriator, granted anonymity to speak candidly, said in an interview. \u201cThere’s got to be a way to reasonably wind this war down under better conditions.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bill Hoagland, a former longtime top Senate Republican budget aide, said in an interview Thursday that Democrats face a \u201cdilemma\u201d over the issue.<\/p>\n

\u201cClearly part of their success the other night was because of their opposition to the war, and the American public’s opposition to the war,\u201d he said. \u201cAt the same time, I don’t think Democrats want to be, during the lame duck, accused of creating a shutdown.\u201d<\/p>\n

Democrats have been consistent for months in their opposition to the Iran conflict, voting repeatedly on war powers resolutions. They have also fought against Trump\u2019s request for a record-breaking $1.5 trillion military budget, as well as his pleas for an emergency funding package to cover the costs of the war.<\/p>\n

But going forward \u2014 especially in the House \u2014 Democratic leaders have been keen on talking with all of their factions before making any big decisions on legislative strategy, and Jeffries has already reiterated that commitment to collaboration<\/u><\/a> after their midterm blowout. So charting the course for how to handle shutdown negotiations will be up for discussion in coming weeks.<\/p>\n

Rep. Greg Casar of Texas, chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, said in an interview this week Democrats will be in a \u201cstronger negotiating position\u201d next year. While he did not say how his party should navigate the upcoming funding deadline, he did caution Democrats against making legislative compromises with Republicans before the balance of power flips.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese guys just got told by Republican voters that they shouldn’t be in charge,\u201d Casar said. \u201cWe should listen to the voters and not give these corrupt guys much of a say on what happens next.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jordain Carney and Katherine Tully-McManus contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Democrats will take control of Congress in January. Their first chance to burn President Donald Trump\u2019s checkbook for the Iran war could come even sooner. Lawmakers face a Dec. 11 deadline to extend federal funding or spark a government shutdown \u2014 just weeks before Republicans lose their majorities in the House and Senate. And after […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-congress"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27799"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27799\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}