Military action in Iran costs an estimated $1 billion a day.
As the conflict continues, the Trump administration will need Congress to approve new spending. That gives lawmakers their most powerful tool to check the president's warmaking authority, if they choose to use it.
https://theconversation.com/congress-still-has-ways-to-throttle-back-trumps-war-with-iran-and-to-ask-questions-277813
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