为伊朗战时活动申请2000亿美元资金绝非易事
作者：查德·佩格拉姆（Chad Pergram）
福克斯新闻
2026年3月23日美国东部时间晚上7:09发布
共和党议员在参议院辩论中推动《SAVE美国法案》通过
福克斯新闻首席国会记者查德·佩格拉姆在《威尔·凯恩秀》（The Will Cain Show）上报道了参议院就《SAVE美国法案》（SAVE America Act）辩论的最新进展。
上周四上午，一群记者和摄影师跟随得克萨斯州共和党众议员、众议院预算委员会主席乔迪·阿伦廷（Jodey Arrington）走出国会大厦，并穿过国会大厦园区。
特朗普政府计划向国会申请额外2000亿美元，以支付伊朗战争的费用。通过这样一项计划可能会很棘手，尤其是在参议院越过60票的阻挠议事门槛。但众议院议长、路易斯安那州共和党人迈克·约翰逊（Mike Johnson）和阿伦廷已经在吹嘘今年的一项”和解法案”，以在中期选举前批准一些共和党国内政策优先事项。和解法案可免受参议院阻挠议事的影响。如果这笔2000亿美元的资金被纳入处理其他议题的和解方案中，其他共和党人可能会支持。
“我认为和解法案可能是我们将任何内容纳入其中的唯一途径，因为（民主党人）不会支持它，”阿伦廷一边轻快地穿过广场附近的一组国会台阶，前往独立大道，一边说道。”我认为他们不会支持用于军事行动需求的补充拨款，因为民主党人认为这是在冲突期间进行的。”
“参议院似乎对尝试这样做持怀疑态度，”在记者和摄影师们沿着国会园区走向街道时，我继续追问。
五角大楼至少向国会申请2000亿美元用于伊朗战争
常规交通信号灯会定期变换。政治信号不一定如此。（Aaron Schwartz/法新社通过盖蒂图片社）
“参议院会持怀疑态度且行动迟缓。这就是为什么众议院是那辆能做到的小火车。当这辆小火车做到了，参议院和其他人就会跟进。众议院必须带头，”阿伦廷回答道。”我们在第一项和解法案中起了带头作用。如果我们没有在减税、削减开支、能源改革和代际福利改革方面做好工作，它就不会如此庞大和完善。”
人群在朗沃思众议院办公楼的阴影下更靠近独立大道。
“我得从这里穿过去。我开会要迟到了。你们可以跟着我，”阿伦廷指示记者们，在交通灯变绿时转向人行横道。
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三名记者跟随这位得克萨斯州共和党人走到街上。然而，我（作为值得信赖的记者和韦恩小学安全城活动参与者）留在了街角。
两辆车和一辆公交车加速行驶。
“等等！小心！小心！小心！小心！小心！小心！”我大声喊道。
阿伦廷和其他人急忙跑回路边。
“看，你带头，他们就会跟随。但他们可能会丧生，”阿伦廷观察道。
“你会带着参议院直接走进有交通的人行横道吗？”我问道。
阿伦廷转身——既回到路边，也回到政策讨论——汽车和踏板车呼啸而过。
得克萨斯州共和党众议员乔迪·阿伦廷表示，他认为”和解法案可能是我们将任何内容纳入其中的唯一途径。”（安娜·莫尼梅克/盖蒂图片社）
“我认为我的同僚，（参议院预算委员会主席）林赛·格雷厄姆（Lindsey Graham），南卡罗来纳州共和党人，明白对于我们军事更大愿景而言，唯一离站的列车将是一项和解法案，”阿伦廷说道。
目前还不清楚阿伦廷从铁路和机车转换话题是否是在街头险些出事之后的最佳修辞转变。但阿伦廷可能是对的。在本届国会剩余时间内通过任何实质性内容都将具有挑战性。或许将战争所需的2000亿美元与其他政策甜头一同纳入和解法案中，对共和党人来说可能是最能接受的选择。
“我们必须继续考虑抵消资金，”威斯康星州共和党众议员托尼·维德（Tony Wied）表示。
“我认为这应该被抵消，”田纳西州共和党众议员蒂姆·伯切特（Tim Burchett）说道。
“这确实很昂贵，”众议院退伍军人事务委员会主席、伊利诺伊州共和党人迈克·博斯特（Mike Bost）承认了这项资金请求。
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但抵消资金来自削减。而议员们不喜欢削减对其管辖范围内、州或地区重要的项目。
“很多退伍军人事务部的事务，那就像是政治中的第三根轨道（禁忌话题）。你不能削减它，”博斯特说道。
什么能用于抵消？阿伦廷建议共和党人可以转向华盛顿一家历史悠久的”浪费、欺诈和滥用”律所，以减轻战争成本。
纽约州民主党众议员亚历山德里娅·奥卡西奥-科尔特斯（Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez）在被问及补充支出请求时回答”不”。
“现在所有东西的价格都在飙升，而国会甚至还没有批准（常规军事支出）。因此，竟然有胆量来到国会为一场我们甚至还没有投票支持的战争提供资金——这不仅是非法的，而且是侮辱性的，”奥卡西奥-科尔特斯说道。
纽约州民主党众议员亚历山德里娅·奥卡西奥-科尔特斯坚决反对补充支出请求，称”我们不能容忍这种鲁莽和非法的行为。”（Jeenah Moon/彭博社通过盖蒂图片社）
我询问议员们让美国军队在国外面临敌对行动时处于困境是否危险。
“他们应该在没有国会授权的情况下就进入冲突之前就考虑到这一点，”奥卡西奥-科尔特斯表示。”他们告诉所有人这只是一次快速的进出打击，现在却发现自己陷入了一场灾难。我们不能容忍这种鲁莽和非法的行为。”
奥卡西奥-科尔特斯暗示了国会的最终权力：财政权。议员们有责任每年批准12项支出法案来运作政府。一项补充支出法案——例如用于战争、反恐、自然灾害恢复或经济刺激——是”第13项”支出法案。它被添加到通常的12项之上。如果议员们决定削减资金，他们真的可以阻碍伊朗战争。
在2026财年，白宫从国会获得了约1万亿美元的军事预算。特朗普总统要求2027财年的五角大楼预算为1.5万亿美元——这是50%的增长——但这项请求是在为伊朗战争申请2000亿美元之前提出的。
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总统就战争是否”结束”发出了复杂的信号。一名记者问特朗普总统是否仍然需要这2000亿美元。
“有总是好的。世界非常紧张，而民主党人在火上浇油，”总统回答道。
但普遍认为，五角大楼需要这笔资金，因为在伊朗战争中消耗了大量弹药。
因此，这项补充支出请求必须在国会的交通中找到出路。
常规交通和行人信号灯会定期变换，但政治信号不一定如此。目前，议员们没有办法为这场战争的额外2000亿美元开绿灯。因为”禁止通行”的红灯正在闪烁。
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现在的问题是需要多长时间信号灯才会变绿，或者是否会循环到绿灯状态。否则，国会领导人可能会将法案提交到议事日程上——然后被一辆政治公交车撞倒。
查德·佩格拉姆目前担任福克斯新闻频道（FNC）首席国会记者。他于2007年9月加入该网络，总部设在华盛顿特区。
It’s anything but easy riding for a prospective $200B request to fund wartime activity in Iran
By Chad Pergram
Fox News
Published March 23, 2026 7:09pm EDT
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A phalanx of reporters and photographers trailed House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, out of the Capitol and across the Capitol grounds last Thursday morning.
The Trump administration planned to ask Congress for an additional $200 billion to cover the cost of the war in Iran. Passing such a plan might be dicey. Especially vaulting the 60 vote barricade in the Senate. But House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and Arrington were already touting a “reconciliation” bill for this year to approve some of the GOP’s domestic policy priorities ahead of the midterms. Reconciliation is inoculated from a Senate filibuster. And other Republicans may be on board with the extra $200 billion if it’s tucked into a reconciliation package which tackles other subjects.
“I think reconciliation is probably going to be the only vehicle that we put anything in because [the Democrats] aren’t going to support it,” said Arrington, briskly traversing a set of congressional steps near the plaza, bound for Independence Avenue. “I don’t think they’ll support the supplemental for the operating needs for our military while they’re in conflict.”
“The Senate seems kind of suspect of trying to do this,” yours truly followed up as the gaggle of reporters and photographers trekked the Capitol grounds toward the street.
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Regular traffic signals shift on a regular basis. Political signals don’t necessarily do the same.(Aaron Schwartz/AFP via Getty Images)
“The Senate is going to be suspect and slow to be motivated. Which is why the House is the little engine that can. And when the little engine that can, does, then the Senate and other people follow. The House has to lead,” replied Arrington. “We led in the first reconciliation bill. It wouldn’t have been as big or beautiful if we didn’t do our job on the tax cuts. On the spending cuts. On the energy reforms. On the generational welfare reforms.”
The scrum edged closer to Independence Avenue in the shadow of the Longworth House Office Building.
“I’ve got to walk across here. I’m late for a meeting. Y’all can follow me,” instructed Arrington, to the press, pivoting into the crosswalk just as the traffic light changed to green.
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Three journalists followed the Texas Republican into the street. However, your trusty journalist (and Wayne Elementary School Safety Town participant) remained on the corner.
Two cars and a bus accelerated.
“Wait! Careful! Careful! Careful! Careful! Careful! Careful!” I hollered.
Arrington and the others scurried back to the curb.
“See, you lead. They follow. But they may die,” observed Arrington.
“Are you going to lead the Senate right into a crosswalk with traffic?” I inquired.
Arrington pivoted – both back to the curb and to policy – as cars and scooters whizzed by.
Rep. Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, says he thinks “reconciliation is probably going to be the only vehicle that we put anything in.”(Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
“I think my counterpart, (Senate Budget Committee Chairman) Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., understands that the only train leaving the station for the bigger vision for our military will be a reconciliation bill,” said Arrington.
It’s unclear whether Arrington switching to railroads and locomotives was the best rhetorical shift considering the close call on the street. But Arrington may be right. It will be challenging to pass anything substantial for the rest of this Congress. And perhaps zippering the $200 billion for the war into a reconciliation measure with other policy sweeteners could be the most palatable option to Republicans.
“We have to continue to look at offsetting,” said Rep. Tony Wied, R-Wis.
“I think it should be offset,” said Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn.
“It is expensive,” conceded House Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chairman Mike Bost, R-Ill., about the spending request.
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But offsets come from cuts. And lawmakers don’t like to slash programs important to their jurisdiction, state or district.
“A lot of the VA stuff, that’s like the third rail in politics. You don’t cut that,” said Bost.
What could contribute to an offset? Arrington suggested Republicans should turn to the time-tested Washington law firm of “Waste, Fraud and Abuse” to mitigate the cost of the war.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., replied “no” when asked about the supplemental spending request.
“It is skyrocketing prices of everything across the board, and Congress didn’t even approve. And so to have the audacity to come to Congress to fund a war that we have not even voted for it – not only is it illegal, it is insulting,” said Ocasio-Cortez.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., is a firm “no” on the supplemental spending request, saying “we cannot enable this kind of reckless and illegal behavior.”(Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
I asked about whether it was dangerous for lawmakers to leave American troops in the lurch when they’re exposed to hostilities abroad.
“They should have thought about that before they entered a conflict without Congress,” said Ocasio-Cortez. “They told everybody that it was just a quick in and out strike and now they have found themselves in a disaster. And we cannot enable this kind of reckless and illegal behavior.”
Ocasio-Cortez is hinting at the ultimate Congressional authority: power of the purse. Lawmakers are charged with approving 12 spending bills to run the government each year. A supplemental spending package – say for war, terrorism, recovery from natural disasters or economic stimulus – is a “13th” spending bill. It’s plopped on top of the customary 12. Lawmakers could really hamstring the war in Iran if they decide to pull the funding.
The White House scored about $1 trillion from Congress in Fiscal Year 2026 for the military. President Trump’s request for the Pentagon for Fiscal Year 2027 – still unapproved – is $1.5 trillion. That’s a 50 percent increase. That particular ask of Congress came before the $200 billion ask for the war in Iran.
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The president has sent mixed signals as to whether the war is “ending.” A reporter asked President Trump if he still needed the $200 billion.
“It’s always nice to have. It’s a very inflamed world. And the Democrats inflame it,” replied the president.
But it’s generally believed that the Pentagon needs the money because it’s burned through so many munitions in Iran.
So this supplemental spending request must navigate the Congressional traffic.
Regular traffic and pedestrian signals switch on a regular basis. But not necessarily political signals. There’s no way right now for lawmakers to greenlight an extra $200 billion for the war. That’s because the “don’t walk” light is flashing.
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The question now is how long it takes for the light to change. Or, if it will ever cycle through. Otherwise, Congressional leaders could put the bill on the floor – and get mowed down by a political bus.
Chad Pergram currently serves as Chief Congressional Correspondent for FOX News Channel (FNC). He joined the network in September 2007 and is based out of Washington, D.C.
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