The Trump administration is prepping a long-awaited, multibillion-dollar request to resupply munitions drained during the Iran war as Congress wrestles with another eye-popping funding request from the Pentagon. The Pentagon is expected to request roughly $80 billion in supplemental funding to cover the cost of the war in Iran, a source familiar confirmed to Fox News Digital.That figure is double what War Secretary Pete Hegseth and Pentagon Comptroller Jay Hurst testified before lawmakers earlier this year. Lawmakers have been waiting since the war began for a request from the administration with little insight on what the actual price tag would be. TRUMP'S PUSH FOR $350 BILLION 'ARSENAL OF FREEDOM' HITS GOP SKEPTICISMThe Pentagon is requesting $80 billion in supplemental funding from Congress to pay for the Iran war. (Stoyan Nenov/Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters)Whether the request can pass muster in the upper chamber remains to be seen, especially with the backlash among several Democrats and Republicans over President Donald Trump's memorandum of understanding (MOU) that has temporarily paused the war.Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., contended, "We need to make sure we're doing everything we can to replenish, resupply a lot of our munitions that have been depleted, not only just with what's happening in Iran but prior to that.""I think there's a good interest in doing some things that would help ensure that, from a National Security standpoint, we’re prepared to deter and defeat any threat that comes up," Thune said.
"And so we'll see if and when it gets here, we'll work through it.We'll see where the votes are at some point." The expected request comes after Hegseth made the rounds on Capitol Hill last week, pitching senators for more funding for the Pentagon, and after Deputy War Secretary Steve Feinberg spoke with lawmakers pushing for an $80 billion supplemental, which was first reported by the Wall Street Journal.HEGSETH TESTIFIES AT SENATE AS ...