Senate Democrats drew a rare line in the sand against a yearly, must-pass defense package in an act of rebellion against President Donald Trump.Democrats blocked a procedural hurdle for the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), a perennial bill that opens up funding for the Pentagon and military.Many were already frustrated by the overall funding target of the package and pushed over the edge by the renewal of the Iran war."It’s very disappointing," Sen.
Jim Banks, R-Ind., a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, told Fox News Digital.REPUBLICANS BREAK WITH TRUMP TO REBUKE IRAN WAR — BUT IT WON'T CHANGE POLICYSenate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat from New York, speaks during a news conference following Senate Democratic policy luncheons at the U.S.Capitol in Washington, D.C., on June 23, 2026.
(Daniel Heuer/Bloomberg via Getty Images)"It's about supporting our troops, supporting our military, and it's disappointing when Democrats play games with that," he continued.Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., charged on the Senate floor that Republicans wanted the upper chamber to take up the bill "as though none of this is happening.""The president is waging an unauthorized war, defying bipartisan majorities in Congress, refusing to level with the American people at the cost of the mission or the endgame," Schumer said."The NDAA cannot become a permission slip for that recklessness that we see occurring in Iran."CLOSED-DOOR OUTBURST TURNS INTO VICTORY FOR TRUMP’S IRAN NEGOTIATIONSEarly signs of trouble for this year’s NDAA first appeared during the Senate Armed Services Committee’s vote to advance the legislation.
The majority of Democrats, nine out of 13 on the panel, voted against it.Sen.Tim Kaine, D-Va., was one of the "no" votes, something he acknowledged was a rare move.He said guardrails needed to be added to Trump’s war authorities in Iran and a deeper explanation provided of where exactly the where exactly the stagge...