Vol. 9, No. 22

The momentary rise and abrupt fall of Speaker Mike Johnson’s continuing resolution

WASHINGTON — After lurching back to the House floor Wednesday, the House speaker’s six-month continuing resolution again failed to rally enough support to pass the chamber. The bill went down 202-220, with 14 Republican holdouts, two Republicans voting present… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a […]
  • Del Toro details CR downsides For submarines In letter to lawmakers

    The six-month continuing resolution voted down Wednesday in the House would have delayed completition of nuclear-powered submarines, among other things, the Secretary of the Navy wrote this week in a letter to congressional appropriators. In the letter, dated Sept.… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a […]

  • U.S. without strategy for two nuclear peers, STRATCOM commander says

    NATIONAL HARBOR, MD — The head of the U.S. Strategic Command on Wednesday told a roomful of military personnel to produce the nuclear weapons needed to counter pressure from Russia and China. “We now have two nuclear peers,” Air Force Gen. Anthony Cotton,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be […]

  • Interim storage consortia progress report due in December, DOE official says

    ARLINGTON, VA — Groups helping the Department of Energy define both consent and who may give it, when it comes to storage of spent nuclear fuel, will give the agency a progress report in December, an official said here Tuesday at an industry gathering. That should… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! […]

  • CORRECTION

    The story “Thousands of gallons of tank waste ready to be solidified at Hanford, site official says” [Weapons Complex Morning Briefing, Sept. 18, 2024] should have that the Tank Side Cesium Removal (TSCR) system at the Hanford Site in Washington state has produced more than 550,000 gallons of liquid waste that is suitable for solidification. […]

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