GOP faces possible breaking point over Pentagon funding request: analysis

The Republican Party faces a potential breaking point over an anticipated Pentagon request for $200 billion to fund the Iran war, according to Slate writer Jim Newell.

The funding demand will force Republicans to find offsetting budget cuts at a critical time and months before the midterm elections, when party control of Congress hangs in the balance.

Newell warns that approving such funding on a party-line vote could trigger internal conflict among deficit hawks demanding budget reductions elsewhere.