Republicans are debating whether to attach wildfire aid and $15 billion in tariff relief for farmers to a military funding package President Donald Trump is expected to seek for the unfolding conflict in Iran, according to four people granted anonymity to share internal deliberations.
Senior congressional GOP aides caution that no decisions have been made, and House Republican leaders are particularly wary of the package growing too large.
GOP leaders have previously thwarted efforts by farm state Republicans to use unrelated government spending bills to advance billions of dollars in assistance to farmers still reeling from Trump’s tariffs, which the Supreme Court struck down last month.
There’s also anxiety about overstuffing the already-precarious emergency war funding package Trump is expected to submit to Congress in the coming weeks. House GOP leaders are especially sensitive about the final price tag, which in military aid alone could be $50 billion at least.
