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Politics● LowSep 21 · Sep 21, 2026, 7:37 PM

House Republican signals opposition to using military funds for Trump’s arch

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Rep. Mike Simpson (R-Idaho), a senior member of the House Appropriations Committee, said Monday that he thinks Pentagon funding should not be used toward the construction of President Trump’s triumphal arch. Simpson told reporters Monday “there’s a lot of things that we need the military funding for — in fact, we’re short on military funding…

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