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The White House has asked lawmakers to approve $87.6bn (\u00a366.5bn), mostly for “urgent needs” connected with the US war on Iran, a day after Congress passed a resolution rebuking the military action.<\/b><\/p>\n

The bulk of the funding – $67bn – is for the Defense Department, including $21bn for munitions, $17.3bn for operational costs and $12.1bn for classified programmes, said the White House.<\/p>\n

The other money is for unrelated measures including $11bn for US farmers and $1.4bn to tackle the Ebola outbreak in Central Africa.<\/p>\n

But the proposal faces an uphill battle in Congress as the Iran conflict is unpopular with voters and midterm elections loom this November. <\/p>\n

The White House Office of Management and Budget sent the formal request for the funds on Wednesday in a letter to House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson.<\/p>\n

“Most of this request will address urgent needs related to Operation Epic Fury (OEF),” says the letter, referring to the Iran war.<\/p>\n

Washington and Tehran are currently observing a ceasefire, but the conflict has depleted Pentagon stockpiles.<\/p>\n

Republicans in Congress have expressed scepticism about a peace plan Trump agreed last week with Iran.<\/p>\n

Earlier on Wednesday, Trump held a tense meeting with Senate Republicans, after he abruptly called off a signing ceremony for a bipartisan housing bill.<\/p>\n

At the closed-door luncheon on Capitol Hill, he complained about Tuesday’s largely symbolic vote on a war powers resolution in the Republican-controlled Senate to block his war in Iran, reports the BBC’s US partner CBS.<\/p>\n

It was the first resolution of its kind to clear Congress instructing a president to end a military action since the War Powers Resolution of 1973 was enacted.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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