House passes Ben McAdams’ ban on nuclear weapons testing

Washington • The House on Monday moved to prohibit the resumption of nuclear weapons testing by passing Rep. Ben McAdams’s amendment to a bill funding the Department of Defense.The amendment, which bars the use of any funding to test nuclear weapons, passed nearly along partisan lines 227-179, with one Republican and one independent supporting the amendment.McAdams, D-Utah, voted for his proposal while Utah GOP Reps. Rob Bishop, John Curtis and Chris Stewart opposed the effort to halt