Posted on 11/24/2018 3:44:42 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Control of the House will give them 'the power of no — the ability to block programs, cut funding, withhold agreement.'
Democrats preparing to take over the House are aiming to roll back what they see as President Donald Trump's overly aggressive nuclear strategy.
Their goals include eliminating money for Trump’s planned expansion of the U.S. atomic arsenal, including a new long-range ballistic missile and development of a smaller, battlefield nuclear bomb that critics say is more likely than a traditional nuke to be used in combat.
They also want to stymie the administration's efforts to unravel arms control pacts with Russia. And they even aim to dilute Trump's sole authority to order the use of nuclear arms, following the president’s threats to unleash “fire and fury” on North Korea and other loose talk about doomsday weapons.
The incoming House majority will have lots of leverage, even with control of only one chamber in the Capitol, veterans of nuclear policy say. They point to precedents in which a Democratic-controlled House cut funding for Ronald Reagan’s MX nuclear missile and a Democratic-led Congress canceled the development of a new atomic warhead under George W. Bush.
"They can block funding for weapon systems," said Daryl Kimball, executive director of the Arms Control Association in Washington. "The Democrats’ ascendancy will prove a much-needed check on the Trump administration's nuclear weapons policy and approaches."(continued)
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They need all that money to Fight Global Warming ,LOL
“They need all that money to Fight Global Warming ,LOL”
No, their real goal is to diminish America’s ability to fight and win wars. They wish to see us overrun by every nation of the world. Our wealth seized and those responsible for building it, utterly destroyed.
Only when nothing but ash remains will they be satisfied.
It’s been the same goal for at least 100 years.
Does Billy shovel snow? I’ll give him $10 to clear my driveway and sidewalk on Tuesday.
I’m a little lost re the congressional process of crafting laws. Spending bills originate in the House, but doesn’t the senate have a role in the process?
Ted Lieu (D) The worst type of Democrat, California. “Use of any nuclear weapon, regardless of its killing power, could be catastrophically destabilizing.”
Catastrophic destabilization is a California Democrat in the middle of a cache of common sense. It doesn’t work.
Well at least I now know why all those short buses are driving around DC.
It’s to transport all the dem politicians.
Would the media like for Defense funds to be turned to welfare so the gimmes can spend it on the products media advertises so media can make money?
This Chairman will be bypassed by the Dem Leadership, who will make deals for rewards to their donors (including the media) and voters.
But he’ll provide “fake news” to cover.
Catastrophic destabilization is a California Democrat in the middle of a cache of common money. It all gets spent and more.
Yes they do and they can also add or take away.
But they spend all of last week claiming that Trump was weakening the military. I guess they just can’t make up their minds.
The democrats should keep something in mind. Spending bills may originate in the house, but they sure don’t end there. Not by a long shot.
“He’s made it clear in recent days that revamping the nation’s nuclear strategy will be one of his top priorities come January...”
Really? Hey prick, run for president and get elected, and then you can implement your freakin’ priorities.
Easy fix is shut down the government and go on continuing resolution for next two years. That way the current budget (big) is kept at current spending levels.
“No, their real goal is to diminish America’s ability to fight and win wars. They wish to see us overrun by every nation of the world. Our wealth seized and those responsible for building it, utterly destroyed.
Only when nothing but ash remains will they be satisfied.
It’s been the same goal for at least 100 years.”
Sadly, you hit the nail on the head. This is exactly their goal, regardless of what they claim.
Trump has veto power too. It wouldn’t surprise me if these subversives try to take presidential veto to court.
Feel free to steal it build graphics and sell merchandise.
President Trump had two years to do what he thought he should do. Now he has two years to sit and contemplate the perfidious NeverTrumpers who stood in his way.
An injunction from a west coast judge could tie it up for a couple years while Chief Justice Roberts extolls the unbiased nature of the decree.
They restart the Cold War with Russia and then they refuse to fund it. These people are insane.
Left-leaning free traitors believe that by keeping U.S. defense inadequate, they can prevent wars between the U.S. and their favorite trading partners. Those trading partners have been building up frantically to control trade routes and kill us with nukes.
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