Democratic Congressional Candidate Wants To Limit President’s Ability To Use Nuclear Weapons

A leading Democratic candidate for an open Congressional seat in the Merrimack Valley is sponsoring a resolution calling on Congress to limit the president's authority to use nuclear weapons. State Senator Barbara L'Italien (D-Andover) is the lead sponsor of SD 248, a proposed Massachusetts Senate resolution that asks the state's members of Congress to "take all necessary steps to establish a system of check and balances with regard to the first use of nuclear weapons and to ensure that the Pre

A leading Democratic candidate for an open Congressional seat in the Merrimack Valley is sponsoring a resolution calling on Congress to limit the president's authority to use nuclear weapons. State Senator Barbara L'Italien (D-Andover) is the lead sponsor of SD 248, a proposed Massachusetts Senate resolution that asks the state's members of Congress to "take all necessary steps to establish a system of check and balances with regard to the first use of nuclear weapons and to ensure that the Pre…