Budget & Policy

Former and future president Donald Trump has had four years to mull potential cabinet picks, such as secretary of energy, during a second term and the choice could be a familiar face or a surprise. That was the assessment of a couple of contractor executives and politics-watchers who spoke to Exchange Monitor this week and […]

Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) will return to Congress as a Democratic voice in a Republican-controlled Senate after the Associated Press called her reelection race on Nov. 10. Rosen’s win gives Democrats 47 seats in the Senate. Republicans will control the chamber with 53 votes. If Rosen keeps her spot on the Senate Armed Services Committee, […]

In a 37-page framework for meeting its commitment to triple U.S. nuclear energy generation by 2050, the White House on Tuesday devoted about one page to disposal of spent nuclear fuel. The framework was a sort of deliverable that followed the U.S.’ 2023 pledge at the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference. Twenty four other […]

NBC News and the Associated Press projected that incumbent Republican Rep. Dan Newhouse, whose fourth congressional district borders the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site, won his race over a GOP rival backed by Donald Trump. “The results from this election show the people want a results-driven leader who understands the unique challenges facing Central Washington,” […]

Bucking a statewide shift to the right, Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) will return to Congress for another six years after narrowly edging out her Republican opponent, the Associated Press said Sunday. Rosen beat Brown, a Trump supporter and wounded Army Captain with a medical discharge who has never held elected office, by fewer than 2 percentage points, […]

NBC News and the Associated Press projected that incumbent Republican Rep. Dan Newhouse, whose fourth congressional district borders the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site, won his race over a GOP rival backed by Donald Trump. Both the Associated Press and NBC News now list Newhouse as the projected winner of the Nov. 5 House election […]

In a 37-page framework for meeting its commitment to triple U.S. nuclear energy generation by 2050, the White House on Tuesday devoted about one page to disposal of spent nuclear fuel. The framework was a sort of deliverable that followed the U.S.’ 2023 pledge at the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference. Twenty four other […]

Bucking a statewide shift to the right, Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) will return to Congress for another six years after narrowly edging out her Republican opponent, the Associated Press said Sunday. Rosen beat Brown, a Trump supporter and wounded Army Captain with a medical discharge who has never held elected office, by fewer than 2 […]

Two members of the House Appropriations Committee, one a Washington state Republican who voted to impeach Donald Trump, and the other a member of congress from Ohio for more than 40 years, are still clinging to small leads in their races. Based on figures filed with the Washington secretary of state office Saturday night, Rep. […]

In the wake of Donald Trump securing his second term as president, the GOP on election day also regained majority in the Senate with new leaders set to take over the upper chamber’s defense authorization and spending panels in the next Congress. While much remains to be finalized with key committee posts in the coming […]

The chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee asked the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and other agencies to cease “partisan work” until a new Congress and President arrive in January. “As a traditional part of the peaceful transfer of power, the NRC should immediately stop work on any partisan or controversial item under consideration, consistent […]

Most lawmakers with constituencies near civilian nuclear power plants that are awaiting, undergoing, or returning from decommissioning won reelection easily on Tuesday, according to data published by the Associated Press. Yet even after Donald Trump (R) decisively won reelection as President and Republicans captured the Senate, some races in the House, which was at deadline […]

According to data gathered by the Associated Press and other media, Donald Trump was reelected president with 277 electoral votes and almost every incumbent lawmaker with a big defense-nuclear constituency won reelection. While Trump and these lawmakers will return to Washington come January, U.S. voters also helped Republicans take back the majority in the Senate […]

Led by former and now future President Donald Trump, the Republican Party won the White House and Senate in Tuesday’s elections, with control of the House of Representatives still too close to call at deadline for Weapons Complex Monitor. Trump won both the electoral college and the popular vote to defeat Vice President Kamala Harris. […]

The chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee asked the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and other agencies to cease “partisan work” until a new Congress and President arrive in January. “As a traditional part of the peaceful transfer of power, the NRC should immediately stop work on any partisan or controversial item under consideration, consistent […]

Almost every incumbent lawmaker representing big nuclear constituencies will return to Washington next year along with Donald Trump, who was reelected president Tuesday night, media including the Associated Press reported. Along with a convincing victory for Trump, who had secured 277 electoral votes as of Wednesday morning, according to the Associated Press, U.S. voters also […]

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (R-Tenn.) told the Monitor here Tuesday that “regardless” of what happens election night Congress needs to get the budget done by Dec. 20. “It’s my hope that we can conference our appropriations bills with the Senate and get a budget passed by Dec. 20,” Fleischmann told the Monitor. “I […]

Dan Brouillette, who served as secretary of energy under President Donald Trump, announced Monday he intends to leave as president and CEO of the Edison Electric Institute, the advocacy group for investor-owned utilities in the United States. Brouillette, who was chosen to lead the Edison Electric Institute (EEI) a little more than a year ago, […]

KNOXVILLE — Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (R-Tenn.) told the Monitor here Tuesday that “regardless” of what happens election night Congress needs to get the budget done by Dec. 20. “It’s my hope that we can conference our appropriations bills with the Senate and get a budget passed by Dec. 20,” Fleischmann told the Monitor. “I think […]

Dan Brouillette, who served as secretary of energy under President Donald Trump, announced Monday he intends to leave as president and CEO of the Edison Electric Institute, the advocacy group for investor-owned utilities in the United States. Brouillette, who was chosen to lead the Edison Electric Institute (EEI) a little more than a year ago, […]

Former Rep. David Hobson (R-Ohio), who as a leader of the House Appropriations Committee helped shape Department of Energy nuclear programs for nearly 20 years, died Sunday at 87, media reported this week. Ohio Gov. Mark DeWine (R) released a statement about Hobson’s death on Sunday. Hobson retired in 2008 after nine terms in the House of […]

Former Rep. David Hobson (R-Ohio), who as a leader of the House Appropriations Committee helped shape Department of Energy nuclear programs for nearly 20 years, died Sunday at 87, media reported this week. Ohio Gov. Mark DeWine (R) released a statement about Hobson’s death on Sunday. Hobson retired in 2008 after nine terms in the […]

President Joe Biden (D) on Wednesday told media he would not support an Israeli attack on Iran’s nuclear sites, after vice presidential candidates and nonprofits sounded their own alarms. Reporters caught Mr. Biden at Joint Base Andrews, before he boarded Air Force One. When they asked if he would support Israel striking iran’s nuclear sites, […]

Vice presidential candidates and nonprofits discussed Iran’s nuclear program Tuesday and Wednesday, including the possibility of destroying it in response to a ballistic missile attack on Israel. On Wednesday, after the candidates traded barbs over Tehran in a debate, one hawkish, former national security official at the Washington-based Atlantic Institute called for destroying Iran’s nuclear […]

WASHINGTON — After passing the House and being rushed to the Senate, a three-month continuing resolution was agreed to by both chambers days before the end of fiscal year 2024. The bill, voted on Wednesday as Congress prepared to leave town until November, passed 341-82 in the House, with unanimous Democratic approval, 132 Republicans for […]

WASHINGTON — Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) told a room of Navajo Nation members this week that the Radiation Exposure Compensation Reauthorization Act would pass by supermajority, but that the House speaker hadn’t “committed” to giving it a vote. “’l just thank Speaker Johnson for being very involved,” Hawley said Tuesday at a press conference on […]

The Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday recommended that the Senate vote on William “Ike” White’s nomination to join the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board. The approval by the committee, which received White’s nomination in May, clears the way for the full Senate Senate to send the former head of the Department of Energy’s Office […]

With less than a month of legislative work days remaining in the 118th Congress, lawmakers from California and Texas on Tuesday introduced a bill that would create a Nuclear Waste Administration. Sponsored by a bipartisan pair whose districts contain or border large nuclear constituencies, it was the latest show of support for an old idea […]

WASHINGTON — Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) told a room of Navajo Nation members Tuesday that the Radiation Exposure Compensation Reauthorization Act would pass by supermajority, but that the House speaker hadn’t “committed” to giving it a vote. “’l just thank Speaker Johnson for being very involved,” Hawley said at a press conference on Capitol Hill […]

The Senate Armed Services Committee this week recommended that the Senate vote on William “Ike” White’s nomination to join the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board. Tuesday’s approval by the committee, which received White’s nomination in May, clears the way for the full Senate Senate to send the former head of the Department of Energy’s Office […]