White House asks Congress for $88 billion supplemental package for Iran war and other aid

The White House Office of Management and Budget submitted a supplemental spending request of roughly $87.6‑$88 billion to Congress. About $67 billion of the package is earmarked for the Department of Defense to cover costs from the U.S. military campaign against Iran, including $21 billion for weapons and munitions, $17.3 billion for operational expenses and $12.1 billion for classified programs.

The request also includes $11.1 billion in economic assistance for American farmers – $10 billion for row and specialty crops and roughly $1.1 billion for Florida growers hit by winter storms – as well as $1.4 billion to fight an Ebola outbreak in Central Africa, $1 billion for the final design and construction of a modernized Penn Station in New York City, and $500 million for restoration and construction projects around Washington, D.C. Additional policy provisions cover year‑round E15 gasoline sales and changes to foreign‑investment restrictions involving Venezuela.

Lawmakers are sharply divided over the proposal. Senate Democrats, led by Appropriations Committee ranking member Patty Murray, have warned they will not “rubber‑stamp tens of billions more” for what they describe as a “disastrous war of choice.” The request arrives amid a Senate resolution seeking to limit further U.S. military action against Iran and follows a contentious private meeting between President Donald Trump and Republican senators over the war‑powers vote.