{"id":1248,"date":"2026-07-16T21:40:47","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T21:40:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=1248"},"modified":"2026-07-16T21:40:47","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T21:40:47","slug":"trump-resumed-the-iran-war-republicans-are-rattled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=1248","title":{"rendered":"Trump Resumed the Iran War. Republicans Are Rattled."},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The return to active hostilities with Iran has Republican lawmakers on edge about the midterm elections, as the nearly five-month-long conflict continues with no end in sight and gas prices again on the rise.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=1244\">The Plan to Rebut Trump\u2019s 2020 Election Speech? Every Democrat for Themselves.<\/a><\/p><p>The Trump administration this week restarted a blockade on Iranian ports and launched dozens of strikes on Iran, warning that it would escalate attacks against key infrastructure targets like bridges and power plants if Iran doesn\u2019t agree to a deal. The previous ceasefire agreement, which many lawmakers welcomed with a sigh of relief, lasted just a few weeks before collapsing over disputes involving Lebanon and control of the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans believe Iran is purposefully dragging out negotiations to squeeze the Trump administration, using voter pain at the pump as a cudgel for more favorable terms.<\/p><p>\u201cIt\u2019ll weave back into the affordability issue. It makes it very difficult,\u201d Sen. Thom Tillis (R-North Carolina) said of the rising gas prices. \u201cJust when we\u2019re getting to a point where we\u2019re kind of leaning more towards easing the [inflation] rate, [now] it\u2019s probably not.\u201d<\/p>\n<section>\n<div>\n<h2>\n<span>Trending<\/span>\n<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Members of Patriot Front ride the metro as a commuter looks on.\" class=\"wp-image-1140\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/a83d84194055dedfdd98b2e70239cb6c-768x512.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/a83d84194055dedfdd98b2e70239cb6c-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/a83d84194055dedfdd98b2e70239cb6c-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/a83d84194055dedfdd98b2e70239cb6c.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><h3>\n<span>\n                      The Woman in the Photo Wanted to Be Alone. Instead, She Went Viral.\n                    <\/span>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_3026 copy.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-1225\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ab26b68a0382926b52ae8dce6ae08a52-768x512.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ab26b68a0382926b52ae8dce6ae08a52-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ab26b68a0382926b52ae8dce6ae08a52-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ab26b68a0382926b52ae8dce6ae08a52.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><h3>\n<span>\n<u>Dana Milbank:<\/u> Noise Pollution Threatens the Countryside. I Fought Back \u2014 Loudly\n                    <\/span>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"U.S. Congress\" class=\"wp-image-1201\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/099b5a920f94a266b0d960ccd9170ea6-768x512.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/099b5a920f94a266b0d960ccd9170ea6-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/099b5a920f94a266b0d960ccd9170ea6-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/099b5a920f94a266b0d960ccd9170ea6.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><h3>\n<span>\n                      Rep. Fine Vows to Vote Against House Rules Over Feud With Trump Adviser\n                    <\/span>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sen. Jon Ossoff\" class=\"wp-image-1247\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/d72bdd692fc0e9bfab02cc057fd9957e-768x512.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/d72bdd692fc0e9bfab02cc057fd9957e-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/d72bdd692fc0e9bfab02cc057fd9957e-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/d72bdd692fc0e9bfab02cc057fd9957e.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><h3>\n<span>\n                      The Plan to Rebut Trump\u2019s 2020 Election Speech? Every Democrat for Themselves.\n                    <\/span>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>\u201cI wouldn\u2019t put it past the Iranians \u2014 I think they\u2019re playing good cop, bad cop with some of their negotiators, and a piece of this, I believe, is because they want to drive it into our election cycle,\u201d he added.<\/p><p>Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-Louisiana), who got into a heated shouting match with President Donald Trump over Iran last month, told NOTUS the war \u201cneeds to end.\u201d He urged the administration to brief members of Congress on the state of the conflict, which began in February and is <span><u>estimated<\/u><\/span> to have cost as much as $100 billion so far.<\/p><p>\u201cMy wife just said, \u2018Oh my gosh, I just put 40 bucks into the car, and I didn\u2019t have to put that much gas in,\u2019\u201d Cassidy said. \u201cSo it impacts people\u2019s budget, and right now people\u2019s budgets are being impacted all over the place.\u201d<\/p><p>South Dakota Sen. Mike Rounds added: \u201cI like the idea that he\u2019s going after [Iran] and he\u2019s taking out their ability to cause problems in the Strait of Hormuz, but it\u2019s not going to be easy to get it done. So yeah, gas prices are going to be up, and we should be very concerned about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Still, for all their grumbling, most Republicans haven\u2019t shown any inclination to go as far cutting off funding for the war, which Congress controls with its power of the purse. The Trump administration is seeking an additional $67 billion in defense funding this year for the war, on top of a massive proposed $1.5 trillion total military budget for the 2027 fiscal year.<\/p><p>Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), a U.S. Army veteran, said the Pentagon \u201cneeds to do a better job communicating maybe what the goals are, what the intentions are, how quickly we can see this wrapped up, and then on the dollar front, why we would need that supplemental.\u201d<\/p><p>\u201cThey need to come to Congress and explain exactly what is going on and what they\u2019re going to achieve with those dollars, and really how we wrap up this conflict,\u201d she added.<\/p><p>Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), who voted with Democrats last month for a war powers resolution forcing the administration to end the war, said her concerns remained.<\/p><p>\u201cWe don\u2019t know what to expect,\u201d she said. \u201cThis is my problem prior to this: that we didn\u2019t have a lot of communication from the administration, so it would be good to be getting more.\u201d<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=1240\">Trump Media Plans to Sell Quicker Access to the President\u2019s Truth Social Posts<\/a><\/p><p>Not all Republicans see a political cost. \u201cI can tell you in my state, people are very supportive of making sure Iran doesn\u2019t have a nuclear weapon,\u201d said Florida Sen. Rick Scott. \u201cThey realize the only way that doesn\u2019t happen is you have to continue to prevent it, and that takes military action.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Regardless of the political concerns, House Armed Services Chairman Mike Rogers warned that the Pentagon would have to begin diverting money away from training, repairs and more on Aug. 1 if Congress doesn\u2019t approve the administration\u2019s emergency Iran war spending request. In Rogers\u2019 estimation, the Iran war created a $50 billion \u201chole\u201d in the defense budget.<\/p><p>\u201cAnything they got discretion over is basically going to be frozen so they can defer that money to fill the hole that\u2019s being created,\u201d he told NOTUS.<\/p><p>Lawmakers will get an opportunity to ask questions about the budget request next week, when Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine are scheduled to appear before the Senate Appropriations Committee.<\/p><p>Ernst noted that Trump\u2019s nominee for Pentagon comptroller, Jay Hurst, testified at a hearing earlier this week that the Pentagon may shift money around that Congress already approved to help pay for the war, giving lawmakers more time to act.<\/p><p>But Democrats accused Trump of breaking promises that helped him win in 2024, including avoiding more foreign entanglements and lowering inflation. They voted in unison to block the annual defense policy bill from advancing earlier this week in protest over the war.<\/p><p>\u201cWe have a president who promised to keep us out of war, who said he was going to focus on bringing prices down. He\u2019s done the exact opposite, right?\u201d said Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust when the president said he wanted to cool things down, he\u2019s heating them up, and so prices will go up as he heats up the war. Prices will go up, and the American people are going to take a hit,\u201d he added.<\/p><p>Trump and his top aides recognize that getting ship traffic flowing through the Strait of Hormuz is critical to keeping the price of energy and consumer goods under control. Earlier this week, the president announced a plan to impose a toll on the Strait of Hormuz, something his administration previously characterized as illegal. He reversed course 24 hours later, however, after pushback on Capitol Hill and from U.S. allies in the Middle East.<\/p><p>\u201cWe\u2019ll have Iran defeated soon. They\u2019ll be defeated very soon!\u201d Trump vowed on Thursday, without offering specifics. \u201cThey want to settle so badly.\u201d<\/p><p>Vice President JD Vance, a skeptic of U.S. interventions abroad, urged patience.<\/p><p>\u201cI don\u2019t know exactly where this is going to go, but I think fundamentally we are on the right trajectory,\u201d Vance <span><u>told<\/u><\/span> Joe Rogan on his podcast. \u201cIt\u2019s just going to be really messy and there\u2019s going to be a lot of stops and starts.\u201d<br\/><\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=1236\">Senators Pressure Todd Blanche to Meet With Epstein Abuse Victims<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republicans on Capitol Hill fear election fallout from economic impact of war, but stopped short of trying to cut off funding.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1245,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-congress"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Trump Resumed the Iran War. 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