Budget & Policy

The lease for a Department of Labor office set up in Richland, Wash., to handle claims from workers made ill from nuclear weapons-related work at the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site, could be on the chopping block, Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) said last week. In addition to the Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs, the White […]

President Donald Trump has nominated a trio of officials to lead key Department of Energy branches serving the weapons complex, although as of mid-week Senate committees had not scheduled confirmation hearings on any of them. All three would report to the already confirmed Secretary of Energy Chris Wright. Exchange Monitor will update the nominees’ progress […]

President Donald Trump has nominated a trio of officials to lead key Department of Energy branches serving the weapons complex, although as of mid-week Senate committees had not scheduled confirmation hearings on any of them. All three would report to the already confirmed Secretary of Energy Chris Wright. Exchange Monitor will update the nominees’ progress […]

Twenty attorneys general filed a motion with a U.S. District Court in Maryland Monday seeking a nationwide preliminary injunction against the Department of Energy and other federal agencies blocking mass firing of probationary employees without due process. It is part of an ongoing lawsuit brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James, Maryland Attorney General […]

Former Rep. Mia Love (R-Utah), the first black Republican Congresswoman, died at age 49 on Sunday following a battle with brain cancer.  Love, who represented the 4th Congressional district of Utah from 2015-2019, passed away on Sunday in Saratoga Springs, Utah, according to her X account where her family announced it.  Love served as a […]

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The lease for a Department of Labor office set up in Richland, Wash., to handle claims from workers made ill from nuclear weapons-related work at the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site, could be on the chopping block, Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) said last week. In addition to the Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs, the White […]

The Department of Energy is rehiring many probationary employees laid off in recent government downsizing by the Donald Trump administration, sources said this week. DOE did not immediately reply to an email Friday morning seeking confirmation and no hard numbers were available. The workers are being reinstated after a Maryland-based federal judge’s order that grew […]

The Department of Energy and its Office of Environmental Management is rehiring many probationary employees laid off in recent government downsizing by the Donald Trump administration, sources said this week. DOE and Environmental Management did not immediately reply to an email Friday morning seeking confirmation and no hard numbers were available. The workers are being […]

A bill agreeing to a continuing resolution to avert a shutdown and fund the U.S. government through the end of the fiscal year, passed the Senate 54-to-46 on Friday afternoon March 14  and was signed by President Donald Trump. A measure to allow the measure to proceed to a floor vote and the final vote […]

A bill agreeing to a continuing resolution to avert a shutdown and fund the U.S. government through the end of the fiscal year, passed the Senate 54-to-46 on Friday afternoon March 14  and was signed by President Donald Trump. A measure to allow the measure to proceed to a floor vote and the final vote […]

A bill agreeing to a continuing resolution to avert a shutdown and fund the U.S. government through the end of the fiscal year, passed the Senate 54-to-46 on Friday afternoon March 14  and was signed by President Donald Trump. A measure to allow the measure to proceed to a floor vote and the final vote […]

The Government Accountability Office said in a report last week that the National Nuclear Security Administration “does not clearly communicate” its needs to Congress on risks to its industrial base. The industrial base includes the supply chain, facilities, transportation and workforce “that combine to maintain the stockpile,” the highlights of the report said. The report […]

Three House members on Thursday March 13 introduced a bill that would create a new maritime industrial base commission to study and make recommendations on the U.S. maritime industry. The Save Our Shipyards (SOS) Act of 2025, would specifically “investigate the condition of the U.S. maritime industry and impediments to its growth. With a laser […]

Reps. Adam Smith (D-Wash.) and Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) criticized the Department of Government Efficiency last week, around the time DOGE began reviewing contractors to the National Nuclear Security Administration’s franchise. According to publication Semafor, which broke the story last week, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), created by President Donald Trump and led by Trump […]

Reps. Adam Smith (D-Wash.) and Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) criticized the Department of Government Efficiency last week, around the time DOGE began reviewing contractors to the National Nuclear Security Administration’s franchise. According to publication Semafor, which broke the story last week, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), created by President Donald Trump and led by Trump […]

Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.) who served on the House Natural Resources Committee has died at age 77 apparently from complications from lung Cancer treatments, media outlets reported recently. “Representative Grijalva was like no other — an exceptional, unforgettable human being shaped by hardscrabble economic struggle long before he ever was elected to Congress,” Rep. Marcy […]

Former U.S. Rep. Nita Lowey (D-N.Y.), the first woman to control Congressional purse strings, died over the weekend at age 87 after a battle with breast cancer, major news outlets reported over the weekend. Lowey, a former chair of the powerful House Appropriations Committee, spent several terms in Congress, but decided not to seek re-election […]

The Government Accountability Office said in a report last week that the National Nuclear Security Administration “does not clearly communicate” its needs to Congress on risks to its industrial base. The industrial base includes the supply chain, facilities, transportation and workforce “that combine to maintain the stockpile,” the highlights of the report said. Teresa Robbins, […]

  A bill agreeing to a continuing resolution to avert a shutdown and fund the U.S. through the end of the fiscal year, passed the Senate 54-to-46 on Friday afternoon and was signed by President Donald Trump. A measure to allow the measure to proceed to a floor vote and the final vote itself occurred […]

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Thursday he intends to vote to advance a Republican-drafted stopgap funding bill to keep the federal government operating through the rest of fiscal 2025. Unless a continuing resolution was approved Friday, the government would partially shut down at 12:01 a.m. Saturday. A vote was expected Friday after the […]

A bipartisan group of four Senators last week urged Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chair David Wright to prioritize streamlining the agency’s environmental reviews as called for under 2023 legislation. “We encourage the Commission to vote in a manner that fully reflects congressional intent to streamline the NRC’s licensing process, as directed in the Accelerating Deployment of […]

Sen. John Hoeven (R-N.D.) wants the Air Force to ensure that its upcoming 2026 budget has funds to update weapons storage for the future AGM-181 long-range standoff nuclear-tipped missile, as well as for the intercontinental ballistic missile bases. The budget would also need to ensure that the service upgrades its three intercontinental ballistic missile bases […]

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Thursday he intends to vote to advance a Republican-drafted stopgap funding bill to keep the federal government operating through the rest of fiscal 2025. Unless a continuing resolution was approved Friday, the government would partially shut down at 12:01 a.m. Saturday. A vote was expected Friday after the […]

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Thursday he intends to vote to advance a Republican-drafted stopgap funding bill to keep the federal government operating through the rest of fiscal 2025. Unless a continuing resolution was approved Friday, the government would partially shut down at 12:01 a.m. Saturday. A vote was expected Friday after Exchange […]

WASHINGTON — With a shutdown deadline fast approaching, Democrats not showing their cards, and no vote scheduled for the stopgap bill, Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) expressed frustration in a subcommittee meeting and to reporters Wednesday. Wicker, chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said at the beginning of a hearing Wednesday morning in the readiness […]

WASHINGTON — The House passed Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) continuing resolution Tuesday evening 217-213, a measure that would fund the government until Sept. 30. There was one Democrat that voted “yes,” despite party wishes, and one Republican holdout in the vote.  Senators will vote on the bill at earliest Wednesday morning to avert the government […]

PHOENIX – Expediting nuclear cleanup and making it less expensive is vital to the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management, a senior adviser to Secretary of Energy Chris Wright said here Monday. Current projections indicate the Hanford Site in Washington state, which once produced plutonium for the government, won’t be fully cleaned up until […]

Over the weekend, House Republicans Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) released a seven-month funding patch that would cut non-defense spending, including programs in the Department of Energy, by about $13 billion. The bill could reach the House floor as soon as Tuesday. The 100-page stopgap funding bill, which would need to pass both chambers of Congress […]

The Department of Energy issued a memo dated Thursday Feb. 27 saying telework and remote work agreements will be terminated, with exceptions, and all employees will return to in-person work. The memo, obtained by the Exchange Monitor on Friday, said DOE was pursuing President Donald Trump’s executive order from his first full day in office, […]