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Garamendi Amendment To Delay Sentinel Fails

Sarah Salem

Tuesday, April 29th, 2025

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Garamendi Amendment To Delay Sentinel Fails

Pictured is a U.S. Air Force depiction of the LGM-35A Sentinel (U.S. Air Force)

An amendment proposed by Rep. John Garamendi (D-Calif.), a longtime anti-nuclear advocate, to postpone Sentinel funding from a $150 billion defense reconciliation bill marked up in the House Armed Services Committee narrowly failed on Tuesday. Garamendi’s amendment was killed, 25-30, while the overall bill advanced, 35-21, to the House Budget Committee. Sentinel, an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) currently being built by Northrop Grumman [NOC], received $1.5 billion in “risk reduction” funding in the bill released over the weekend. Garamendi, a…

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