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As expected, members of the Senate Democratic Caucus on Tuesday blocked debate on an annual military spending authorization bill over President Donald Trump\u2019s ongoing illegal war of choice on Iran and provisions for closer US-Israeli military integration.<\/p>\n

Upper chamber lawmakers voted 50-46, mostly along party lines, against proceeding with debate on the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2027.<\/p>\n

The Trump administration\u2019s broader national security proposal requests nearly $1.5 trillion in total defense-related spending for 2027, which includes $350 billion in supplemental funding for munitions production, shipbuilding, missile defense, drones, artificial intelligence, and other long-term military programs.<\/p>\n

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who along with Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) led the effort to vote down the NDAA in its current form, said on social media: \u201cAt a time when millions struggle to pay the bills, virtually every Senate Republican voted for a staggering $1.15 trillion Pentagon bill, which includes funding for the illegal and immoral war in Iran and a special provision to provide even more weapons to Israel with almost zero oversight.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s time to invest in the American people, not endless war,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m a NO on the NDAA,\u201d Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) said on social media. \u201cI can\u2019t support excessive military spending, de facto approval of Trump\u2019s illegal war with Iran, and deeply troubling provisions that force deeper US-Israeli defense and intelligence sharing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) said he \u201ccannot support an outrageous $1.15 trillion in military spending while Donald Trump engages in an idiotic war with Iran that is doing nothing to make Americans safer, puts US servicemembers and civilians in harm\u2019s way, and spikes the price of gas.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI also cannot support new authorities included in the bill, which seek to deepen and accelerate cooperation with Israeli contractors on surveillance and AI technologies that are ripe for abuse,\u201d Wyden added. \u201cOn [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu\u2019s watch, surveillance technologies developed by Israeli companies have repeatedly been used by repressive regimes, contributed to human rights violations in Gaza, and have been used against Americans.\u201d<\/p>\n

Republicans, on the other hand, denounced Tuesday\u2019s vote, with Sen. Bernie Moreno of Ohio accusing his Democratic colleagues of \u201cholding America hostage\u201d and Sen. John Cornyn of Texas alleging they\u2019re \u201conce again playing politics with our national security instead of prioritizing the safety of the American people.\u201d<\/p>\n

Progressive groups campaigners cheered Tuesday\u2019s vote.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor once, the Senate refused to fast-track a $1.15 trillion Pentagon budget,\u201d Medea Benjamin, co-founder of the women-led peace group CodePink, said on social media following the vote. \u201cAfter sustained grassroots pressure\u2026 people power made this vote possible. Now let\u2019s make sure senators hold the line.\u201d<\/p>\n

Taxpayers for Common Sense president Steve Ellis said, \u201cThe Senate just sent a clear signal to the Pentagon that its request for a $250 billion, 28% boost in its base budget is not going to fly.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cTaxpayers deserve a Pentagon budget that invests strategically in the essentials while cutting out outdated, unnecessary, and wasteful programs,\u201d he continued. \u201cInstead, the Pentagon\u2019s request would set a new baseline of unsustainable spending that would add more than $3 trillion to the debt over the next eight years.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWith the end of the fiscal year looming, lawmakers need to get realistic and work together to pass a bipartisan Pentagon budget aligned with our genuine needs, not this grab bag of ill-advised boondoggles,\u201d Ellis added.<\/p>\n

At the consumer advocacy watchdog Public Citizen, co-president Robert Weissman called the vote \u201cboth a repudiation of throwing more money at the waste-and-fraud-ridden Pentagon while Republican cuts have forced millions to lose health coverage and food assistance, and a forceful rejection of the Trump\u2019s Iran War.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe American people are fed up with spending more on bombs and less on basic needs,\u201d Weissman continued. \u201cAnd they are furious with a pointless, deadly, illegal, unconstitutional, and protracted war that is costing lives and driving up gas prices.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cElected officials are beginning to listen,\u201d he added. \u201cToday\u2019s defeat of the procedural motion on\u2026 legislation that normally sails through Congress on a bipartisan basis is a sign that the Pentagon budget will no longer get a rubber stamp.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Senators @ChrisVanHollen and @SenSanders led the charge to vote down the NDAA unless measures to embed our military with Israel\u2019s were stripped out. <\/p>\n

It is not in the American people\u2019s interest to integrate the Pentagon with the Israeli military. The Senate must remove those\u2026 https:\/\/t.co\/wbzLFZHBJf<\/p>\n

\u2014 IMEU Policy Project (@imeupolicy) July 14, 2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Greg Williams, director of the Center for Defense Information at the Project on Government Oversight, said in a statement that \u201cthe Senate was right to reject the National Defense Authorization Act, particularly as the executive branch continues its illegal, unsanctioned war in Iran.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe budget topline in the bill is recklessly high \u2014 bringing an increase in military spending not seen since World War II,\u201d Williams added.<\/p>\n

In a bid to address that point, Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) recently introduced the Slash the Pentagon Act, legislation that would cap military spending at what some critics say is a still staggering $750 billion.<\/p>\n

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