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Dems Smile On DOE Science, Slash Yucca, Kill GNEP

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Wednesday, February 25th, 2009

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By George Lobsenz Congressional Democrats late Monday rolled out a fiscal year 2009 spending blueprint that provides hefty increases for the Energy Department's basic research, energy efficiency and renewable energy programs. Overall, Democrats smiled on DOE, providing a total of $26.9 billion for fiscal 2009, about $2.47 billion more than its FY '08 budget and $1 billion more than was proposed by the Bush administration for the agency in FY '09. And while killing funding for the reliable replacement warhead--another…

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