The White House has requested $87.6 billion from Congress—primarily to cover urgent military costs for "Operation Epic Fury" (the U.S. war on Iran)—just one day after the Republican-controlled Senate passed a historic, symbolic war powers resolution rebuking the military action. The request includes $67 billion for the Department of Defense to rebuild munitions and operational stocks following a newly agreed ceasefire, alongside funding for domestic farming and an overseas Ebola outbreak. The proposal faces an uphill battle ahead of the November midterm elections due to public unpopularity. It has also exposed deep fractures within the Republican Party; Senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana alleged he got into a shouting match with President Donald Trump over the war's extended timeline before later falling back in line to vote down a subsequent war powers restriction following a high-level briefing from Vice President JD Vance.