{"id":16710,"date":"2026-07-15T11:15:55","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T03:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=16710"},"modified":"2026-07-15T11:21:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T03:21:19","slug":"us-senate-democrats-block-1-15-trillion-defense-bill-over-iran-war-objections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=16710","title":{"rendered":"US Senate Democrats block $1.15 trillion defense bill over Iran war objections"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. Senate Democrats blocked a $1.15 trillion annual defense policy bill on Tuesday, citing \u200cfrustration with the Iran war and President Donald Trump&#8217;s failure to consult with Congress about his decision to send U.S. forces into the conflict.<br>&#8220;Trump started this war without authorization, without a strategy, and without an exit,&#8221; Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the Senate&#8217;s Democratic leader, said in \u200ba Senate speech announcing he would vote no.<br>Jumpstart your morning with the latest legal news delivered straight to your inbox from The Daily Docket newsletter. Sign up here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"695\" height=\"455\" src=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/\u4f01\u4e1a\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20260715110532.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16723\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/\u4f01\u4e1a\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20260715110532.png 695w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/\u4f01\u4e1a\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20260715110532-300x196.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 695px) 100vw, 695px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><br>The procedural vote on the National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, failed. \u200bEven though the yes votes outnumbered no votes by 50-46, the bill fell short of the \u206060 votes needed to move ahead in the 100-member Senate.<br>The vote was along party lines. Every Republican voted in favor \u200bof moving ahead except for the chamber&#8217;s Republican majority leader, John Thune of South Dakota, who voted no under Senate rules \u200bonly in order to enter a motion to reconsider.<br>The bill had been expected to stall, after nine Democratic members of the Armed Services Committee voted against the NDAA when the panel considered it last month. The NDAA typically passes with strong bipartisan support.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Democrats are concerned that authorizing \u200ba huge Pentagon budget would be seen as approval of the war on Iran that began with strikes by the \u200bU.S. and Israel on February 28.<br>The vote came just as Trump the administration said it had reimposed a naval blockade of all Iranian ports \u200cin the \u2060latest escalation of the conflict and began a fresh round of strikes.<br>Democrats also object to the Trump administration&#8217;s push to increase military spending to a total of $1.5 trillion, even as social programs for Americans are being cut. Besides the $1.15 trillion authorized in the NDAA, Trump has asked for another $350 billion from Congress under the budget reconciliation process, which would allow the funding to \u200bpass without Democratic support.<br>In remarks \u200burging support, Thune accused Democrats \u2060of putting politics ahead of security.<br>&#8220;It&#8217;s the bill that helps ensure our military is ready today and prepared for tomorrow,&#8221; he said.<br>This year&#8217;s NDAA authorizes an unprecedented $1.15 trillion for defense, determining \u200beverything from how many ships, aircraft and missile systems are bought to pay raises for \u200bthe troops and \u2060how to address geopolitical threats.<br>Historically seen by both parties as &#8220;must-pass legislation,&#8221; the NDAA is one of the few major bills that always passes, having become law annually for more than six decades.<br>Despite the setback, it is early in the NDAA process. Each year, \u2060the House \u200bof Representatives and Senate pass their own versions of the NDAA, before \u200bArmed Services committee negotiators reach a compromise version that then comes up for a vote in each chamber.<br>If the compromise version passes, it would be sent \u200bto the White House for President Donald Trump to sign into law or veto.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Senate Democrats blocked a $1.15 trillion annual defense policy bill on Tuesday, citing \u200cfrustration with the Iran war and President Donald Trump&#8217;s failure to consult with Congress about his decision to send U.S. forces into the conflict.&#8220;Trump started this war without authorization, without a strategy, and without an exit,&#8221; Senator Chuck Schumer of New [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":16723,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[2078,1606,1724],"class_list":["post-16710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international","tag-democrats","tag-senate","tag-trump"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>US Senate Democrats block $1.15 trillion defense bill over Iran war objections - LISTEN WORLD<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=16710\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"US Senate Democrats block $1.15 trillion defense bill over Iran war objections - LISTEN WORLD\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"U.S. Senate Democrats blocked a $1.15 trillion annual defense policy bill on Tuesday, citing \u200cfrustration with the Iran war and President Donald Trump&#8217;s failure to consult with Congress about his decision to send U.S. forces into the conflict.&#8220;Trump started this war without authorization, without a strategy, and without an exit,&#8221; 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