{"id":39188,"date":"2026-03-13T08:41:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T07:41:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=39188"},"modified":"2026-03-13T08:41:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T07:41:59","slug":"usa-more-than-250-groups-oppose-additional-spending-on-trumps-illegal-iran-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=39188","title":{"rendered":"USA: More Than 250 Groups Oppose Additional Spending on Trump\u2019s Illegal Iran War"},"content":{"rendered":"
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. HUMAN RIGHTS .<\/p>\n

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Members of Congress should vote against any additional funding for President Donald Trump\u2019s unconstitutional war on Iran, 251 groups said today in a\u00a0letter\u00a0sent to Congress. Waging a war of choice that costs an estimated $1 billion a day not only fails to address the economic squeeze and health care crisis facing Americans, but diverts federal funding from an array of urgent domestic priorities. The letter was led by\u00a0Public Citizen, Win Without War, MoveOn, and the American\u00a0Civil Liberties\u00a0Union (ACLU).<\/p>\n

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\u201cBy launching a war against Iran, Trump has violated the Constitution, defied\u00a0international law, flouted the will of the American people, and has put millions of lives across the region at risk. A vote for President Trump\u2019s\u00a0Pentagon\u00a0supplemental funding package would be a vote to commit the U.S. even further to this crisis, which has already killed seven U.S. servicemembers and nearly 2,000 people from across the region, and which endangers the lives of many more,\u201d the letter reads.<\/p>\n

The Pentagon\u2019s\u00a0budget\u00a0now totals more than $1 trillion, after an extra $150 billion the agency received in the GOP\u2019s reconciliation bill. A supplemental worth $50 billion would be enough to restore food assistance for four million Americans, establish universal pre-K education, and pay for the annual construction of more than 100,000 units of housing. The groups maintain that this illegal war with Iran cannot be an excuse to fund more weapons instead of priorities here at home.<\/p>\n

Other prominent signatories to the letter include\u00a0Oxfam\u00a0America, the Service Employees International Union, National Nurses United, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, the\u00a0National Organization for Women, the\u00a0Union of Concerned Scientists, J Street,\u00a0Greenpeace,\u00a0Friends of the Earth, Indivisible, Common Cause, Jewish Voice for Peace, Rising Majority, and Working Families Power.<\/p>\n

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\u201cMore money for the Pentagon will serve to extend and escalate an illegal, unpopular, and devastating war \u2013 as well as pave the way for still more Pentagon funding requests,\u201d\u00a0said Robert Weissman, co-president of Public Citizen.\u00a0\u201cThe money wasted on this war should instead be invested in meeting the economic squeeze felt by everyday Americans. The $11.3 billion spent on the first six days of the war would, for example, be enough to restore food benefits to the four million people losing them due to the tax and budget reconciliation bill.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cPresident Trump\u2019s illegal war has already shown the costs war imposes \u2014 American servicemembers killed and injured, thousands of civilians killed in fighting, skyrocketing\u00a0oil\u00a0prices, a conflict spiraling over a dozen countries in unexpected ways, and more. That\u2019s exactly why it\u2019s so crucial that the decision to go to war not rest on one person\u2019s impulses. Congress must not fund the continuation of this unconstitutional war,\u201d\u00a0said Christopher Anders, director of ACLU\u2019s\u00a0Technology\u00a0and\u00a0Democracy\u00a0Division.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery penny wasted on bombing\u00a0children\u00a0and families in Iran would be better spent on health care and\u00a0affordable housing\u00a0in America. Secretary Hegseth and President Trump are ready to spend trillions on another forever war that nobody asked for, but they won\u2019t lift a finger to lower costs here at home,\u201d\u00a0said Sara Haghdoosti, chief of program for MoveOn Civic Action.\u00a0\u201cA vote for supplemental spending is a vote to continue the war in Iran, and Congress must listen to the vast majority of Americans and stop the reckless spending and bloodshed.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople across the U.S. already hate Trump\u2019s illegal war in Iran, and they\u2019re not going to like it any better if Congress wastes $50 billion more of their money on it,\u201d\u00a0said Shayna Lewis, deputy director of Win Without War.\u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s outrageous that Trump is even asking for more money to spend on bombs when his spiraling war is killing civilians abroad and driving up prices for everyone at home, all with no end in sight. Congress should tell Trump clearly: not one more penny for this foolish, destructive war.\u201d<\/p>\n

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