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In the wake of increased tensions between the United States and Iran after the killing of top Iranian military leader Qasem Suleimani, Democratic lawmakers introduced legislation on Friday that would block funding for any military action “in or against Iran” without congressional authorization. 

The two sponsors, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., represent some of the most progressive wings of the Senate and House of Representatives. 

“Today, we are seeing a dangerous escalation that brings us closer to another disastrous war in the Middle East,” the two lawmakers said in a statement. “A war with Iran could cost countless lives and trillions more dollars and lead to even more deaths, more conflict, more displacement in that already highly volatile region of the world.”

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Framing their bill in terms of socioeconomic inequality, Sanders and Khanna urged their fellow lawmakers to pass their legislation because “We know that it will ultimately be the children of working-class families who will have to fight and die in a new Middle East conflict—not the children of the billionaire class.”