The White House requests $87.6B in supplemental funding to cover Pentagon costs tied to the US war with Iran and to finance farmers, Ebola response and infrastructure projects.The package designates $67B for urgent Department of Defense needs for Operation Epic Fury, including $21B for munitions procurement, $17.3B for operations and $12.1B for classified programs.It also allocates $11.1B for American farmers, $1.4B for Ebola response in Central Africa, $500M for Washington, D.C. infrastructure restoration and $1B to complete Penn Station modernization.Office of Management and Budget Director
Russell Vought delivered the request to House Speaker
Mike Johnson, but Senate leaders including
Patty Murray express bipartisan skepticism as President
Donald Trump presses for approval.