Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Remember and Act
Sixty-three years ago, on August 6 and 9, the United States dropped nuclear bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Urge candidates running for Congress in your state to work to cut the size of the U.S. nuclear arsenal by 50 percent. Ask how they will work in Congress to advance a world free of nuclear weapons.
Take FCNL's flyer to events in your community and encourage candidates running for Congress to support cutting the U.S. nuclear arsenal.
Find out about a renewed vision for nuclear disarmament in FCNL's July-August Washington Newsletter.
New Nuclear Weapon Defeated!
For the second year in a row, Congress has refused to fund the administration's request for a new nuclear weapon.
On July 10, the Senate administered the last rites for the Reliable Replacement Warhead (RRW). The Senate Appropriations Committee passed a spending bill rejecting all funding for the new weapon. See a timeline of RRW's defeat.
More about RRW ( PDF)
Take Another Step to Oppose More Nukes
The administration also wants money to build new bomb facilities. These storage facilities would free up other bomb plants to build new nuclear weapons. Public response to this plan has been overwhelming: the Department of Energy had to extend the comment period due to high response.
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