{"id":10273,"date":"2026-05-28T11:23:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T16:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/28\/democrats-in-us-senate-want-true-costs-of-iran-war-estimated-by-official-scorekeeper\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T11:23:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T16:23:14","slug":"democrats-in-us-senate-want-true-costs-of-iran-war-estimated-by-official-scorekeeper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/28\/democrats-in-us-senate-want-true-costs-of-iran-war-estimated-by-official-scorekeeper\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats in US Senate want \u2018true costs\u2019 of Iran war estimated by official scorekeeper"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/missouriindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/iran2026-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Plumes of smoke rise following an explosion on March 5, 2026 in Tehran, Iran. Democrats in the U.S. Senate on May 27, 2026, asked that the Congressional Budget Office provide the &quot;true costs&quot; of the Iran war. (Photo by Majid Saeedi\/Getty Images)\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><figcaption>\n<p>Plumes of smoke rise following an explosion on March 5, 2026 in Tehran, Iran. Democrats in the U.S. Senate on May 27, 2026, asked that the Congressional Budget Office provide the &#8220;true costs&#8221; of the Iran war. (Photo by Majid Saeedi\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">WASHINGTON \u2014 A group of U.S. Senate Democrats has sent a letter to the head of the Congressional Budget Office, asking him to include outside projections for the cost of the Iran war in the agency\u2019s official cost estimate.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThe American people deserve to know the true costs of this conflict, and they deserve transparency and honesty when their government commits the nation to war,\u201d the senators wrote in the May 27 letter to the nonpartisan agency. \u201cYour timely and comprehensive estimate of the immediate and long-term budgetary consequences will help ensure that the Iran war remains subject to rigorous and appropriate legislative oversight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">House Budget Committee ranking member Brendan Boyle, D-Pa.,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsfromthestates.com\/article\/whats-cost-trumps-war-iran-us-house-dem-asks-budget-agency-add-it\" target=\"_blank\">sent a letter<\/a> to the CBO in early March, asking the agency to estimate what the conflict would cost \u201cunder several scenarios, including scenarios of the war lasting longer than 4 to 5 weeks and deploying U.S. troops on the ground in Iran.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.warren.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/warren_merkley_schumer_letter_to_cbo_re_cost_of_war_with_iran.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">senators\u2019 letter<\/a> asks CBO Director Phillip Swagel to \u201ctake into consideration the significant divergence between the administration\u2019s public estimates and those produced by independent analysts and investigative journalists.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The senators wrote that while Pentagon officials said in mid-May they\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsfromthestates.com\/article\/cost-iran-war-rises-29b-us-gas-prices-spike\" target=\"_blank\">believed the war had cost<\/a> about $29 billion, other estimates placed its total costs much higher.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cIt is essential that Congress and the American public receive accurate, comprehensive estimates of the costs of the war in Iran,\u201d they wrote.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly, California Sen. Alex Padilla, Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet, Connecticut Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy, Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff, Illinois Sens. Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth, Maryland Sens. Angela Alsobrooks and Chris Van Hollen, Massachusetts Sens. Ed Markey and Elizabeth Warren, New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker and Andy Kim, New York Sens. Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, Oregon Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, Vermont Sen. Peter Welch and Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine all signed the letter.\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plumes of smoke rise following an explosion on March 5, 2026 in Tehran, Iran. Democrats in the U.S. Senate on May 27, 2026, asked that the Congressional Budget Office provide the &#8220;true costs&#8221; of the Iran war. 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