Schumer says Republicans favor ending Iran war immediately, cites ‘power of the purse’

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) said there will be Senate Republican support for ending the war with Iran as soon as possible and threatened that Democrats will use the “power of the purse” to starve the Defense Department of funding if necessary to bring a swift end to the conflict.

“We are going to end the war. We have some Republicans already who have joined us in ending the war, and 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,” Schumer said at a press conference at the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) headquarters in Washington on Wednesday.

Four Republican senators voted with Democrats in support of a war powers resolution directing President Trump to withdraw U.S. troops from hostilities against Iran without a formal authorization for........

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