{"id":26679,"date":"2018-06-13T19:08:22","date_gmt":"2018-06-13T19:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2018\/06\/13\/us-senators-grapple-with-new-sub-launched-nuke\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T22:21:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T22:21:36","slug":"us-senators-grapple-with-new-sub-launched-nuke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2018\/06\/13\/us-senators-grapple-with-new-sub-launched-nuke\/","title":{"rendered":"US senators grapple with new sub-launched nuke"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>Correction: An earlier version of this story erroneously reported the outcome of the Senate vote on tabling a measure to require Congress to authorize new or modified nuclear weapons. The measure was not tabled.<\/i><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 The U.S. Senate voted against scuttling <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2018\/06\/06\/partisan-battle-for-new-tactical-nuke-looms-in-senate\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">legislation<\/a> to force the Trump administration to seek congressional approval for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/smr\/nuclear-triad\/2018\/04\/17\/trump-administration-repurposes-65-million-for-new-nuclear-warhead-design\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">new low-yield, tactical nuclear weapon<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The narrow 47-51 vote not to table that legislation \u2014 a proposed amendment to the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act \u2014 was the latest move in a partisan chess game over development of a new, tactical submarine-launched nuclear missile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Pentagon and congressional Republicans advocate for the systems to deter Russia from using its own arsenal of low-yield nuclear weapons, but many Democrats and other opponents see it as lowering the threshold for a nuclear war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The vote saw only Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine; Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska; and Rand Paul, R-Ky., cross party lines to vote with Democrats, helping them win the vote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The victory was short-lived however. Reed\u2019s proposed amendment was made to another amendment, from Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah. On Thursday, Lee\u2019s amendment was ruled non-germane and it failed, taking Reed\u2019s proposed amendment with it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Senate on Wednesday was close to ending debate on its $716 billion NDAA. That bill contains a provision that would remove statutory restrictions on the U.S. development or deployment of such a weapon without congressional authorization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That language would have granted the energy secretary new authority to carry out the weapon\u2019s energy development phase, or any subsequent phase, without Congress\u2019 specific approval.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Senate Armed Services Committee ranking member Jack Reed, D-R.I., offered the amendment to preserve congressional oversight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt simply maintains the status quo and says if we\u2019re going to develop a new weapons system, come to us,\u201d Reed said of his amendment before the vote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe get to debate it, we approve it or we don\u2019t approve it. But the American people can rest assured that this is not something that has simply moved through the administrative channels of any executive \u2015 this president or any other president.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The panel\u2019s No. 2 Republican, Sen. Jim Inhofe \u2014 who stewarded the bill while SASC Chairman John McCain, R-Ariz., is battling cancer at home \u2014 opposed Reed\u2019s amendment, citing the administration\u2019s call for the new weapon in the new Nuclear Posture Review.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think we ought to have every capability that the Russians have,\u201d said Inhofe, R-Okla. \u201cOf course we won\u2019t have that unless we have the low-yield capability. 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