Budget & Policy

Congress Punts FY 2017 Budget Vote to Next Week

By Photo of Dan Leone

Congress adjourned for the week without passing a short-term continuing resolution to keep the government funded at fiscal 2016 levels until Dec. 9, leaving lawmakers only another week to put finishing touches on the bill or risk another government shutdown.
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Portsmouth Contractor Confident Congress Will Avert $80M Shortfall for D&D Work

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DOE Drops Long-Awaited Solicitation for Next LANL Cleanup Contract

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Criticized LANL Cost Estimate Made Public

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LANL Cleanup Agreement a Model for the Complex, DOE Says

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Vapor Protections Could Extend Hanford Waste Tank Emptying Schedule

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Hanford Contractor Nearly Finishes Emptying Tanks in C Farm

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Company Ordered to Pay Hanford Whistleblowers $216,080

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WTP Power Station Online, Bechtel Says

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State Filing in MOX Lawsuit Points to WIPP Timeline

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Hearing Scheduled on SRNS Motion to Dismiss Overcharging Lawsuit

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Assessment: SRS Properly Maintaining Radiation Limits at Waste Facilities

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DNFSB Staffs Up, Replaces Top Lawyer, and Adds CIO

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Centrus Gets Contract for One More Year of American Centrifuge Work

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At WIPP: New Mexico Eases Airflow Restrictions

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