Punchbowl News: “How’s this for election-year governing?”“With the political winds howling in their face, House Republicans are gearing up to send the Pentagon tens of billions of dollars in new funding for a seemingly endless Iran war that’s bottoming out in public opinion polls.”“The new Pentagon money may not be offset by spending cuts elsewhere, serving up echoes of the Middle East conflicts that raged during George W. Bush’s presidency. Those wars dogged Republicans for years.”Said House Budget chair Jodey Arrington (R-TX): “We haven’t made any of those decisions yet.”