
Nuclear hawks and doves alike offered amendments to a 2020 spending bill up for floor debate in the House on Wednesday, including one amendment to ensure deployment of a new low-yield nuclear weapon, and another to greatly reduce civilian nuclear weapons spending. At deadline Wednesday for Defense Daily, the full House had not yet approved a rule that would permit floor debate of these defense-nuclear amendments. The vote was slated for 5:30 p.m. and debate on amendments was slated to…