Senate OKs Bush's Nuclear Ambitions

[Wwagsthedog]

WASHINGTON - The Senate on Tuesday approved Bush administration plans to research new battlefield uses for nuclear weapons and improve the United States' capacity to make and test them.

The 53-41 vote to retain funding for the plan, powered by the administration's Republican allies, set up an unusual intraparty fight on Capitol Hill. The GOP-led House voted overwhelmingly in July for legislation that would strip at least $16 million from Bush's nuclear weapons initiatives.

The Senate debate Tuesday centered on whether the administration would be building nuclear bombs anytime soon. Democrats say things are moving rapidly in that direction; Republicans insist the administration's moves are only prudent planning.

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http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0917-02.htm

Why does this scare me so much?

Also note that Lincoln Chafee is not in the republican parade again.

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1. To paraphrase Gray Davis - - -

If you want to ask for funding, you ought to at least be able to pronounce nuclear.

[KoKo]

2. You are kidding about this! I hope it wasn't because our Senators were on

the campaign trail......This is disgusting.

[Rich Hunt]

4. it wouldn't have helped anyway

Edwards, Graham, Lieberman, Kerry didn't vote.

[KoKo]

3. Graham, Lieberman, Kerry and Edwards were not there for vote!!!

Here's the quote: This really pisses me off. They should have flown back to be there for this vote!

Backing the amendment were 39 Democrats, Republican Sen. Lincoln Chafee of Rhode
Island and independent Sen. James Jeffords of Vermont. All four Senate Democrats who
are running for president in 2004 missed the vote: Sens. Bob Graham of Florida, Joe
Lieberman of Connecticut, John Kerry of Massachusetts and John Edwards of North
Carolina. So did Republican Sens. Gordon Smith of Oregon and Peter Fitzgerald of Illinois.