The Big Question That No One In Congress Seems To Have An Answer To

WASHINGTON — It’s been 12 days since President Donald Trump launched a war against Iran, and no one in Congress seems to know how much it is costing U.S. taxpayers.

“That is a question that needs to be answered,” Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), the chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee, told HuffPost. “We need to have a definitive answer.”

The Pentagon hasn’t shared an estimate of the war costs, even as it continues its massive bombardment of Iranian targets on land and sea. A spokesperson for the department declined to provide information. The Trump administration is expected to ask Congress to pass a supplemental spending bill for Operation Epic Fury, but it’s not clear when.

Some lawmakers have pegged the daily costs at $1 to $2 billion a day, but that’s closer to a guess than an estimate.

“It’s never cheap to fight a war,” Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) told HuffPost.