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How Will Congress Choose to Handle the Iran Bill?

How Will Congress Choose to Handle the Iran Bill?
A U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress strategic bomber takes off from RAF Fairford, in Fairford, England, on March 19, 2026. Leon Neal/Getty Images
Veronique de Rugy
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Whatever you think of the war in Iran, there’s a separate question—independent of the military merits—that Congress must answer: How will it be paid for?

Veronique de Rugy
Veronique de Rugy
Author
Veronique de Rugy, Ph.D., is a senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. She has testified numerous times in front of Congress on the effects of fiscal stimulus, debt, deficits, and regulation on the economy. Previously, de Rugy has been a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, a policy analyst at the Cato Institute, and a research fellow at the Atlas Economic Research Foundation.