Stories / Military Readiness / Event · Sep 15 – Sep 17, 2026
Iran War Cost Accounting
How the conversation moved
Democrat Republican · one dot = one action| Action type | Fri11 | Sat12 | Sun13 | Mon14 | Tue159 | Wed166 | Thu179 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sent lettersTo agencies, companies, officials | 3 | |||||||
| StatementsResponses to news | 5 | |||||||
| CriticizedA policy, decision or person | 4 | |||||||
| 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 22 · Republicans 2
- 3Sent letters0
- 5Statements0
- 4Criticized0
- 8Filed or pushed bills0
- 2Other2
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Every action
24 actions · 27 releases- Sep 17, 2026
- Letter
Slotkin led 45 Senate Democrats demanding Pentagon cost accounting for Iran war.
- Criticism
Criticized Trump administration's Iran war policy for fueling inflation and raising mortgage rates.
- Letter
Demanded Secretary of Defense report total costs of ongoing Iran war to Congress.
- Letter
- 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.
- Criticism
- Bill
Co-sponsored legislation to prevent Trump administration from hiding Iran War costs and casualty records.
- Letter
- Sep 16, 2026
- Bill
- Statement
Voted for bipartisan war powers resolution to end U.S. involvement in Iran conflict.
- Bill
- Criticism
- Bill
- Statement
Voted for sixth time to end Trump's unauthorized war in Iran via War Powers Resolution.
- Sep 15, 2026
- Statement
DMerkley OR $40B
Released CBO report showing Trump's Iran war cost DoD nearly $40 billion.
- Criticism
- Statement
DDuckworth IL $33.7B
DoD Inspector General released first quarterly report on Iran war costing $33.7 billion.
- Statement
- Bill
DMoulton MA $38B
House passed Moulton's resolution to reclaim congressional authority to end Iran war.
- Statement
Forced House vote to impeach Secretary of Defense Peter Hegseth for unauthorized Iran hostilities.
- Statement
Voted for war powers resolution to cease Iran hostilities; called for cutting war funding.
- Statement
Urged Congress to pass War Powers Resolution ending Trump's war with Iran.
- Statement
- Statement
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