House Trims Bush Plan for Research on Nuclear Weapons

[Khephra]

In a rare break with the White House on national security policy, the House of Representatives approved a measure today that substantially reduces an administration request for money to begin research on new nuclear weapons.

The Republican-led House, in easily passing a $27.1 billion bill covering energy and water programs, pared more than $50 million sought by the White House to lay the groundwork for a new generation of nuclear weapons capable of penetrating underground bunkers. The vote on the overall bill was 377 to 26.

No effort was made on the House floor to restore the money. "There was no support," an aide to the House Appropriations Committee said.

The action put the House at odds with the Senate, whose energy measure fully finances the administration's nuclear approach.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/19/politics/19SPEN.html

[diamond14]

1. rove "puff piece", trying to get Americans to forget what bush*

is doing here...MAKING MORE NUCLEAR BOMBS !!!! Even as we have way too much Plutonium today...no place to properly store it, and no long term solutions.....

they "pared" a little off an already bloated nuclear budget, but the program continues...we worked very hard to close down the nuclear manufacturing in America...the bloated defense department already has enough nuclear bombs to blow up the whole world many times over...isn't that enough? people need to be contacting their elected reps about this major mess...we don't need any more nuclear bombs here...


link....
http://www.brightsurf.com/news/april_03/DOE_news_042803_b.html

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The total cost of the manufacturing program to date is roughly $350 million; the total project cost for the manufacturing and certification program, beginning with the new baseline, is estimated at $1.5 billion.

[HawkerHurricane]

2. Don't build more nukes until

We use up the ones we have!