Issues / Military Readiness / Event · Sep 8 – Oct 7, 2026
Iran War Cost Accounting
Also under Fuel Prices, Armed Forces & National Security
How the conversation moved
Democrat Republican · one dot = one action| Action type | Wk ofSep 84 | Wk ofSep 1523 | Wk ofSep 22 | Wk ofSep 292 | Wk ofOct 64 | Total |
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| Requested actionDeclarations, investigations, decisions | 1 | |||||
| Sent lettersTo agencies, companies, officials | 5 | |||||
| StatementsResponses to news | 5 | |||||
| CriticizedA policy, decision or person | 7 | |||||
| Visits and eventsTours, town halls, site visits | 3 | |||||
| Filed or pushed billsNew, reintroduced or passed | 8 | |||||
| Other | 4 |
Where they stand
No member argued against another in this windowWhat each party did · Democrats 31 · Republicans 2
- 1Requested action0
- 5Sent letters0
- 5Statements0
- 7Criticized0
- 3Visits and events0
- 8Filed or pushed bills0
- 2Other2
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33 actions · 36 releases- Oct 7, 2026
- Letter
Requested independent investigation of USS Abraham Lincoln's record-breaking deployment and onboard conditions.
- Criticism
Criticized Pentagon denial of military base access during Middle East CODEL trip.
- Letter
- Oct 6, 2026
- Letter
- Criticism
Criticized Trump's comments suggesting Iranian attacks on San Diego acceptable.
- Oct 5, 2026
- Visit
DMurphy CT $45B
Murphy visited Middle East to assess Iran War damage and costs exceeding $45 billion.
- Visit
Completed Middle East diplomatic trip meeting with Qatari and Saudi leadership.
- Visit
- Sep 17, 2026
- Letter
Slotkin led 45 Senate Democrats demanding Pentagon cost accounting for Iran war.
- Criticism
- Bill
Co-sponsored bill banning Pentagon from manipulating casualty records in Iran War.
- Bill
- Bill
DKhanna CA $230B
Introduced bill to refund Americans for economic costs of unauthorized Iran war.
- Letter
- Bill
Co-sponsored legislation to prevent Trump administration from hiding Iran War costs and casualty records.
- Letter
Demanded Secretary of Defense report total costs of ongoing Iran war to Congress.
- Letter
- Sep 16, 2026
- Bill
- Bill
- Statement
Voted for bipartisan war powers resolution to end U.S. involvement in Iran conflict.
- Bill
- Statement
Voted for sixth time to end Trump's unauthorized war in Iran via War Powers Resolution.
- Criticism
- Sep 15, 2026
- Criticism
- Statement
DMerkley OR $40B
Released CBO report showing Trump's Iran war cost DoD nearly $40 billion.
- Bill
DMoulton MA $38B
House passed Moulton's resolution to reclaim congressional authority to end Iran war.
- Statement
Celebrated House passage of War Powers Resolution ending Trump's war with Iran.
- Statement
Voted for war powers resolution to cease Iran hostilities; called for cutting war funding.
- Statement
- Statement
- Statement
Forced House vote to impeach Secretary of Defense Peter Hegseth for unauthorized Iran hostilities.
- Statement
DDuckworth IL $33.7B
DoD Inspector General released first quarterly report on Iran war costing $33.7 billion.
- Sep 9, 2026
- Criticism
Released report detailing how Trump's Iran war depletes oil reserves and raises gas prices.
- Criticism
Criticized Trump's Iran war for spiking oil prices and harming service members.
- Request
- Criticism
- Sep 8, 2026
- Visit
Visited small businesses across New Hampshire to discuss tariffs, Iran war costs, housing, and education.
- Visit
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