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Congress

Hawks File Bill to Prohibit Spending on Nuke Treaty Extension Talks

Wednesday, November 28th, 2018

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Hawks File Bill to Prohibit Spending on Nuke Treaty Extension Talks

Low angled view of the U.S. Capitol East Facade Front in Washington, DC.

A bill introduced Wednesday by Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), and supported by Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), would prohibit the Trump administration from extending the primary U.S.-Russia nuclear arms-control treaty beyond 2021 without renegotiating the deal to curtail shorter-range Russian missiles. The ‘‘Stopping Russian Nuclear Aggression Act’’ would prohibit the executive branch from spending any money in 2019 or beyond to negotiate an extension to the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START): a bilateral deal signed in 2010 that caps the…

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Congress

Appropriators Offer Skepticism On $350B Defense Reconciliation Plan, ‘Big Risk’ For Key Initiatives

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Congress

All Future Systems Should Have Autonomy Features, Reed Says

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