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Bill Sponsorship: SANE Act
Source: H.R.1506
Congressional Summary:Smarter Approach to Nuclear Expenditures Act: Prohibits using funds in 2014 or thereafter: - to arm a B-2 or B-52 aircraft with a nuclear weapon;
- for the research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E) or procurement of a long-range penetrating bomber aircraft;
- to make the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft capable of carrying nuclear weapons; or
- for the B61 or W78 life extension program.
- Requires that, beginning in FY2014, the Navy shall include no more than eight operational ballistic-missile submarines available for deployment.
- Prohibits using DOD funds for FY2014 or thereafter to maintain more than 200 intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), and 250 submarine-launched ballistic missiles
- Prohibits funding RDT&E or procurement of a new ICBM or for the medium extended air defense system.
Opponent's argument against bill: (Twitchy blog, "Who said what?", twitchy.com):
North Korea has evidently been conducting nuclear device tests, and the timing couldn't be better, of course, as President Obama is expected to call for a reduction in nuclear arms tonight in his State of the Union address. Mass. Rep. Ed Markey is totall
Participating counts on VoteMatch question 15.
Question 15: Expand the military
Scores: -2=Strongly oppose; -1=Oppose; 0=neutral; 1=Support; 2=Strongly support.
- Topic: Homeland Security
- Headline: Sponsored defunding nuclear-armed aircraft and nuclear R&D or testing
(Score: -2)
- Headline 2: Defund nuclear-armed aircraft and nuclear R&D or testing
(Score: -2)
- Key for participation codes:
- Sponsorships: p=sponsored; o=co-sponsored; s=signed
- Memberships: c=chair; m=member; e=endorsed; f=profiled; s=scored
- Resolutions: i=introduced; w=wrote; a=adopted
- Cases: w=wrote; j=joined; d=dissented; c=concurred
- Surveys: '+' supports; '-' opposes.
Democrats
participating in 13-H1506 |
Timothy Bishop |
s1o | New York Democrat | Apr 11, 2013 |
Earl Blumenauer |
s1o | Oregon Democrat | Apr 11, 2013 |
Suzanne Bonamici |
s1o | Oregon Democrat | Apr 11, 2013 |
Judy Chu |
s1o | California Democrat | Apr 11, 2013 |
William Lacy Clay |
s1o | Missouri Democrat | Apr 11, 2013 |
John Conyers |
s1o | Michigan Democrat | Apr 11, 2013 |
Peter Defazio |
s1o | Oregon Democrat | May 14, 2013 |
Donna Edwards |
s1o | Maryland Democrat (retiring 2016) | Apr 11, 2013 |
Keith Ellison |
s1o | Minnesota Democrat | Apr 11, 2013 |
Anna Eshoo |
s1o | California Democrat | Apr 11, 2013 |
Sam Farr |
s1o | California Democrat | Apr 11, 2013 |
Raul Grijalva |
s1o | Arizona Democrat | Apr 11, 2013 |
Alcee Hastings |
s1o | Florida Democrat | Apr 11, 2013 |
Rush Holt |
s1o | New Jersey Democrat (retiring 2014) | Apr 11, 2013 |
Mike Honda |
s1o | California Democrat | Apr 11, 2013 |
Jared Huffman |
s1o | California Democrat | Apr 11, 2013 |
Eddie Bernice Johnson |
s1o | Texas Democrat | May 21, 2013 |
Bill Keating |
s1o | Massachusetts Democrat | Apr 11, 2013 |
Barbara Lee |
s1o | California Democrat | Apr 11, 2013 |
John Lewis |
s1o | Georgia Democrat | Apr 11, 2013 |
Alan Lowenthal |
s1o | California Democrat | Apr 11, 2013 |
Carolyn Maloney |
s1o | New York Democrat/Liberal | Apr 11, 2013 |
Ed Markey |
s2p | MA Democratic Challenger | Apr 11, 2013 |
Betty McCollum |
s1o | Minnesota Democrat | Apr 11, 2013 |
Jim McDermott |
s1o | Washington Democrat | Apr 11, 2013 |
Jim McGovern |
s1o | Massachusetts Democrat | Apr 11, 2013 |
James Moran |
s1o | Virginia Democrat (retiring 2014) | Apr 11, 2013 |
Jerrold Nadler |
s1o | New York Dem./Lib./Working-Families | Apr 11, 2013 |
Grace Napolitano |
s1o | California Democrat | Apr 11, 2013 |
Eleanor Holmes Norton |
s1o | District of Columbia Democrat | Apr 11, 2013 |
Donald Payne Jr. |
s1o | New Jersey Democrat | Apr 11, 2013 |
Mark Pocan |
s1o | Wisconsin Democrat | Apr 11, 2013 |
Jared Polis |
s1o | Colorado Democrat | Apr 11, 2013 |
David Eugene Price |
s1o | North Carolina Democrat | Apr 11, 2013 |
Charles Rangel |
s1o | New York Dem./Lib. (retiring 2016) | Apr 11, 2013 |
Jan Schakowsky |
s1o | Illinois Democrat | Apr 11, 2013 |
Louise Slaughter |
s1o | New York Democrat | Apr 11, 2013 |
Jackie Speier |
s1o | California Democrat | Apr 11, 2013 |
John Tierney |
s1o | Massachusetts Democrat | Apr 11, 2013 |
Henry Waxman |
s1o | California Democrat (retiring 2014) | Apr 11, 2013 |
Frederica Wilson |
s1o | Florida Democrat | Apr 11, 2013 |
Republicans
participating in 13-H1506 |
Independents
participating in 13-H1506 |
Donna Christensen |
s1o | Virgin Islands Governor candidate 2014 | Apr 11, 2013 |
Total recorded by OnTheIssues:
Democrats:
41
Republicans:
0
Independents:
1 |
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