Budget & Policy

Federal Funding Extension Unveiled to Avert Shut Down on Friday

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A compromise stopgap budget bill to avert a government shutdown would keep Department of Energy nuclear weapons and waste budgets at 2021 levels past Valentine’s Day and preserve a funding safety valve for uranium-enrichment cleanup.
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