Blitz Bureau
NEW DELHI: The collapse of the cease-fire and resumption of hostilities has inflamed a debate on Capitol Hill over war powers just as the US administration is seeking tens of billions of dollars to pay for the conflict.
That has presented Republicans with a political worst-case scenario months before midterm elections in which their majorities are at stake: They are being asked to vote to fund an unpopular war over which they have had no meaningful oversight, and which they have never voted to approve.
The administration last month requested $87.6 billion in supplemental funding that would include $67.1 billion in extra military spending this year. Republicans have been echoing US President Donald Trump’s justification for resuming the fight.
