The Hill
Alexander Bolton
07/09/2026
Democrats are coming under pressure from their progressive base, which has shown growing strength in recent Senate primaries, to stand firm against additional defense spending.
“Congress should not greenlight this war by continuing to fund it. They should listen to the American people, who want taxpayer dollars to be supporting families at home and not bombing them abroad,” said Hanna Homestead, a research analyst for the National Priorities Project at the Institute for Policy Studies, a budget project focused on realigning federal spending.
Homestead said polls show “Americans do not support this war, even from the beginning.”
“We’re seeing this agenda being repudiated at the polls already, and I think legislators should take note of that and really listen to what the people want,” she said. “We don’t want war, we want investment at home.”
