Dems Eye Shutdown Showdown To Defund Trump's Iran War

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Dems Eye Shutdown Showdown To Defund Trump's Iran War Authored by Chase Smith via The Epoch Times,Some congressional Democrats say they will not vote for a government funding bill…

Some congressional Democrats say they will not vote for a government funding bill that pays for the war in Iran, weighing whether to use the Dec. 11 funding deadline to force an end to the conflict before their party takes control of Congress in January.

Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) wrote on social media on Nov. 10 that he will not support a government funding bill unless it defunds the war.

"The American people have spoken loud and clear: They want us to end [President Donald] Trump's illegal and senseless war," he wrote.

Current government funding runs out on Dec. 11. Republicans hold 53 Senate seats until the new Congress is sworn in on Jan. 3, so they would need at least seven Democratic votes to pass a funding bill to overcome any filibuster.

Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), the vice chair and top Democrat on the Senate Appropriations Committee, said in a floor speech on Nov. 10 that a Democratic Congress means that President Donald Trump "is absolutely not getting his $1.5 trillion war budget, or the nearly $70 billion he wants to bankroll the Iran war."

Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) speaks to reporters during the government shutdown at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Oct. 15, 2025. (Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times)

"We can end Trump's war with Iran, but not with a snap of our fingers," Murray said.

In an interview with Seattle public radio station KUOW the same day, Murray said Democrats would "look at every way" and use every tool they have "to end this war."

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) called the war "one of the greatest foreign policy fiascos in all of American history" at a news conference on Nov. 10, and said he supports a Senate trial for War Secretary Pete Hegseth. Schumer did not say whether Democrats would withhold votes on the December funding bill.

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