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WASHINGTON. D.C. 鈥� Members of Congress should vote against any additional funding for President Donald Trump鈥檚 unconstitutional war on Iran, more than 200 groups said today in a letter sent to Congress. Waging a war of choice that costs an estimated $1 billion a day not only fails to address the economic squeeze and health care crisis facing Americans, but diverts federal funding from an array of urgent domestic priorities. The letter was led by Public Citizen, Win Without War, MoveOn, and the 桃子视频 (ACLU). 鈥淏y launching a war against Iran, Trump has violated the Constitution, defied international law, flouted the will of the American people, and has put millions of lives across the region at risk. A vote for President Trump鈥檚 Pentagon supplemental funding package would be a vote to commit the U.S. even further to this crisis, which has already killed seven U.S. servicemembers and nearly 2,000 people from across the region, and which endangers the lives of many more,鈥� the letter reads. The Pentagon鈥檚 budget now totals more than $1 trillion, after an extra $150 billion the agency received in the GOP鈥檚 reconciliation bill. A supplemental worth $50 billion would be enough to restore food assistance for four million Americans, establish universal pre-K education, and pay for the annual construction of more than 100,000 units of housing. The groups maintain that this illegal war with Iran cannot be an excuse to fund more weapons instead of priorities here at home. Other prominent signatories to the letter include Oxfam America, the Service Employees International Union, National Nurses United, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, the National Organization for Women, the Union of Concerned Scientists, J Street, Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, Indivisible, Common Cause, Jewish Voice for Peace, Rising Majority, and Working Families Power. 鈥淧resident Trump鈥檚 illegal war has already shown the costs war imposes 鈥� American servicemembers killed and injured, thousands of civilians killed in fighting, skyrocketing oil prices, a conflict spiraling over a dozen countries in unexpected ways, and more. That鈥檚 exactly why it鈥檚 so crucial that the decision to go to war not rest on one person's impulses. Congress must not fund the continuation of this unconstitutional war,鈥� said Christopher Anders, director of ACLU鈥檚 Technology and Democracy Division. 鈥淢ore money for the Pentagon will serve to extend and escalate an illegal, unpopular, and devastating war 鈥� as well as pave the way for still more Pentagon funding requests,鈥� said Robert Weissman, co-president of Public Citizen. 鈥淭he money wasted on this war should instead be invested in meeting the economic squeeze felt by everyday Americans. The $11.3 billion spent on the first six days of the war would, for example, be enough to restore food benefits to the four million people losing them due to the tax and budget reconciliation bill.鈥� 鈥淓very penny wasted on bombing children and families in Iran would be better spent on health care and affordable housing in America. Secretary Hegseth and President Trump are ready to spend trillions on another forever war that nobody asked for, but they won't lift a finger to lower costs here at home,鈥� said Sara Haghdoosti, chief of program for MoveOn Civic Action. 鈥淎 vote for supplemental spending is a vote to continue the war in Iran, and Congress must listen to the vast majority of Americans and stop the reckless spending and bloodshed.鈥� 鈥淧eople across the U.S. already hate Trump鈥檚 illegal war in Iran, and they鈥檙e not going to like it any better if Congress wastes $50 billion more of their money on it,鈥� said Shayna Lewis, deputy director of Win Without War. 鈥淚t鈥檚 outrageous that Trump is even asking for more money to spend on bombs when his spiraling war is killing civilians abroad and driving up prices for everyone at home, all with no end in sight. Congress should tell Trump clearly: not one more penny for this foolish, destructive war.鈥�