Energy-Water Appropriations Finally Clears Senate
Two weeks after the House passed the conference report on the FY2010 Energy-Water Appropriations bill (H.R. 3183) the Senate finally followed suit. Senate action had been held up by objections by Senator Coburn (R-OK) because an amendment he had sponsored was not included in the final version.
This is the third of the 12 appropriations bills to clear Congress (the other two are Legislative Branch and Agriculture). The current Continuing Resolution (CR) expires on October 31. A second CR will be needed to cover any agency whose appropriations bill has not been enacted by then. Senate Democrats charge that Republicans are deliberately slowing passage of funding bills.
The Energy-Water bill contains a provision that unfortunately denies requested funding for DOE to restart production of plutonium-238 for use in NASA space science missions. See our earlier report.
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