Republicans on the House Armed Services strategic forces subcommittee failed to strip controversial nuclear weapons provisions from the panel's fiscal year 2020 defense policy bill today, as the Democratic majority voted the legislation through to the full committee. Through an amendment offered by Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY), Republicans attempted to remove a provision from the subcommittee’s bill that would prohibit funding for the deployment of a low-yield nuclear ballistic warhead on submarines, as well as a provision repealing the requirement...
