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House Panel Rejects White House’s NNSA Budget Request, Proposes $15.9 Billion for Nukes in 2020

Tuesday, May 14th, 2019

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House Panel Rejects White House’s NNSA Budget Request, Proposes $15.9 Billion for Nukes in 2020

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The House Appropriations energy and water development subcommittee would deliver an emphatic “no” to the Trump administration’s 2020 budget request for the National Nuclear Security Administration, if a $15.9 billion nuclear-weapons budget unveiled Tuesday becomes law. The proposed National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) budget would if signed give the semi-autonomous DoE branch around $15.9 billion for the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1: a year-over-year funding increase of about 4.5% that would be some 3.5% less than the White House’s…

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