House defense hawks are barreling toward their marathon markup of the annual Pentagon policy bill — and Democrats are gearing up for a showdown.
Democratic members of the Armed Services Committee are readying a series of amendments seeking to rebuke President Donald Trump’s war with Iran, protest plans to spend $1.5 trillion on defense and push back on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s management of the Pentagon.
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