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VA secretary testifies as Senate Appropriations clears war supplemental with mental-health add

Senate Appropriations reported the $94.1 billion war supplemental to the floor on a 23-5 vote Tuesday after a bruising hearing in which Veterans Affairs Secretary Patrick Hagan acknowledged a backlog of more than 11,000 unresolved post-deployment claims from the Iran campaign.

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Discharge petition clears 218 as House forces war powers vote over Johnson objection

House Democrats and a bloc of Republicans pushed the Iran war powers discharge petition past 218 signatures Monday afternoon, triggering the seven-day clock that forces a floor vote no later than May 19 and stripping Speaker Mike Johnson of the scheduling leverage he has used since the Senate cleared the resolution May 1.

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Sunday shows pivot from war to ledger as lawmakers spar over costs, midterm fallout

Lawmakers used the Sunday talk circuit to litigate the war's price tag and the collapse of the AI moratorium, with both parties testing midterm themes nearly four weeks after the Iran ceasefire took hold.

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Senate clears $94 billion war supplemental, shifting Iran fight to the House

The Senate cleared a $94.6 billion Iran war supplemental late Friday by 67-33, sending to a divided House a package that bundles munitions replenishment with the certification language the White House has spent two weeks trying to strip.

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House passes narrowed Iran war commission as Johnson loses 39 Republicans

A 257-176 House vote established a 10-member bipartisan commission to investigate the conduct of the spring war with Iran, with 39 Republicans crossing the aisle and Speaker Mike Johnson voting present.

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House passes Iran war commission resolution as 37 Republicans cross the aisle

The House on Wednesday adopted the Holloway resolution establishing an independent commission to investigate the conduct of the U.S. war against Iran, 248-184, after 37 Republicans broke with leadership on a measure Speaker Mike Johnson had tried for three weeks to bottle up.

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Johnson faces Tuesday conference revolt as House takes up war supplemental markup

House Republicans split openly Tuesday as Speaker Mike Johnson convened a closed-door conference meeting to corral votes for the $89.4 billion war supplemental and decide whether to schedule a floor vote on the Senate-passed war powers resolution before Memorial Day.

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House Democrats file war powers discharge petition as Johnson loses procedural cover

House Democrats filed a discharge petition Monday to force a floor vote on the Senate-passed Iran war powers resolution, opening the week with 174 signatures and a public commitment from at least six Republicans to add their names by Wednesday.

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On Sunday Shows, Lawmakers Spar Over War Costs, AI Compromise, and Midterm Map

Senators and White House surrogates fanned out across the Sunday programs to defend dueling war-cost accountings, preview a narrower AI compromise, and stake early claims on the November map.

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Johnson huddles with leadership as House Republicans weigh combined rule on war powers, supplemental

Speaker Mike Johnson gathered his leadership team in the Capitol on Saturday to map a path through three converging Iran-war votes, with the most actively discussed option a single rule pairing the Senate-passed war powers resolution, the Holloway commission and the $89.4 billion supplemental.

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Senate passes war powers resolution as supplemental clears first floor test

The Senate passed the Kaine-Lee war powers resolution 58-42 on Friday and advanced an $89.4 billion war supplemental past a procedural hurdle, leaving Speaker Mike Johnson to manage two politically combustible votes before the Memorial Day recess.

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Iran war commission discharge petition crosses 218, forcing House vote

A House discharge petition seeking to create an independent Iran war commission cleared the 218-signature threshold Thursday morning after four Republicans added their names, stripping Speaker Mike Johnson of his ability to keep the measure off the floor.

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Johnson faces restive conference as war powers resolution clears Senate procedural hurdle

Speaker Mike Johnson opened a conference-wide meeting Monday to settle the fate of the $89 billion war supplemental as a Senate war powers resolution cleared its first procedural test, intensifying pressure on a Republican majority already split on Iran policy.

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White House sends Congress $89 billion war supplemental as Republicans split

The Trump administration formally requested $89.4 billion in emergency war-related spending Friday, opening a fight that has split Republicans between hawks who want more and fiscal conservatives demanding offsets before any floor vote.

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