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WASHINGTON \u2014 Sen. Lisa Murkowski voted with Democrats Wednesday to advance a resolution to remove U.S. forces from Iran, after rejecting six similar measures. But she said her stance is not absolute, and she said she might be willing to approve nearly $30 billion to pay for the war.<\/p>\n

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First, though, she\u2019s asking for more facts about what the war has cost, beyond the round numbers the Pentagon has given lawmakers.<\/p>\n

\u201cA couple weeks ago the number was $25 billion. On Tuesday, they moved that up to $29 billion,\u201d she said in a Senate hallway Thursday. \u201cBut what wasn’t clear was what that 29 billion actually covered.\u201d<\/p>\n

Murkowski occupies rare ground, as a Republican challenging Trump\u2019s war powers, while remaining open to funding the same conflict she’s trying to end. It reflects her frustration that the Trump administration is keeping Congress in the dark as it pursues a war that has already cost nearly $30 billion.<\/p>\n

The public would likely be surprised at how little information Trump administration officials have shared with Congress, she said. They won\u2019t answer senators\u2019 questions about the plan to open the Strait of Hormuz, she said, or reveal how America\u2019s munition stockpiles are holding up.<\/p>\n

\u201cI recognize that some of this needs to be made in a classified brief, but there has been no offer to make this information available to members in a classified briefing,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

She\u2019s tried for weeks to muster support for an Authorization of Use of Military Force \u2013 an A.U.M.F. It would have authorized Trump\u2019s war, which Democrats don\u2019t like, and put some restraints on it, which most Republicans oppose. She\u2019s setting that strategy aside for now. But she said that she plans to keep voting for resolutions to end the hostilities.<\/p>\n

\u201cUntil such time as the president has basically complied under the War Powers Act, I think it is time for the administration to begin to withdraw our forces,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

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The War Powers Act says a president has to get congressional authority to continue a war after 60 days. Instead of doing that, Murkowski said, Trump claimed that the conflict no longer exists.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe president has said on May 1 \u2014 60, days after \u2014 ‘hostilities have ended. We’ve ceased the hostilities. And so therefore there’s no reason for me to come back to the Congress, either requesting an authorization or really for anything,\u2019\u201d she said. \u201cI think that that twists the intent and the meaning and the understanding of the War Powers Act.\u201d<\/p>\n

Other Republicans are backing Trump\u2019s view, that the hostilities officially ended with last month\u2019s ceasefire. Sen. Dan Sullivan voted against<\/u> advancing the Democratic measure, as did one Democrat\u2013 Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania. If one more senator flips to yes, the resolution calling for the withdrawal of U.S. forces would go before the full Senate for debate.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Congress still holds the power of the purse over the war. Murkowski said she\u2019s waiting to see the administration\u2019s request for a supplemental war spending bill.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we’re talking about with this supplemental is what has been spent. And it’s eye-popping,\u201d she said. \u201cSixty-plus days, close to maybe $30 billion. That’s eye-popping.\u201d<\/p>\n

Murkowski, who sits on the Appropriations subcommittee that oversees defense spending<\/u>, said it’s Congress\u2019s responsibility to pay war expenses already incurred. Still, she said she wants to see a detailed request, to make sure the administration isn\u2019t padding it with money for future fighting, leading the country into another \u201cforever war.\u201d<\/p>\n

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