
Department of Energy nuclear weapons programs would get almost exactly the funding they requested for fiscal year 2022, if the House’s first draft of the Department of Energy’s budget bill becomes law, but Republicans on Monday continued to signal they will not support any Democrat-authored spending bills as written. The House Appropriations Energy and Water subcommittee marked up its draft 2022 energy and water appropriations act on Monday afternoon, sending it to the full Appropriations Committee without any amendments. The…