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Border package contains $2B for uranium enrichment |
The Senate's border and Ukraine spending package contains more than $2 billion in funds for uranium processing, as the U.S. works to reduce global reliance on Russian energy. |
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The text of the bill, released Sunday night, includes $2.72 billion in unspent grant funding for domestic uranium enrichment, with the goal of bolstering nuclear fuel development. Another $98 million would go to domestic isolation and production of isotopes, a major Russian export. The package would also put $149 million toward the National Nuclear Security Administration to respond to the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine. Russia is the sixth largest producer of uranium worldwide. The Biden administration has made attempts to isolate the country as an energy exporter, and it is working to reduce general foreign reliance within the renewable energy supply chain. The bill is almost certainly doomed in the House, where Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has said it will not pass, while former President Trump, the likely GOP 2024 nominee, has called on Republicans to oppose it. Its path in the Senate is also unclear, as it's not yet certain the bill could garner the 60 votes required to send it to the House. Not only have Republicans objected to its Ukraine provisions, some Democrats in the progressive wing have also expressed objections to the amount of aid it provides to Israel amid criticism of the country's prosecution of the war in Gaza. Read more in a full report at TheHill.com. |
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Former President Trump's feud with the head of the United Auto Workers (UAW) union has reached a fever pitch since the union endorsed President Biden last week. |
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Sen. James Risch (R-Idaho) is calling on the Biden administration to put John Podesta, who was recently named the nation's next top climate diplomat, through the Senate confirmation process. |
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A handful of Democrats and more than 150 Republicans are pushing back against the Biden administration's move to pause new approvals for facilities that would export natural gas. |
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An unscientific bias against "feral" or "invasive" animals threatens to undercut one of the great stabilizing trends making ecosystems healthier, a new paper argues. | |
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The House Energy & Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Energy, Climate, and Grid Security will hold a hearing tomorrow on the Biden administration's natural gas export approval pause. The House Natural Resources Committee will hold a markup on four pieces of legislation. The House Homeland Security Committee will hold a hearing on technology security in the water sector.
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Former Acting U.S. Solicitor General Neal Katyal expressed alarm Sunday over how former President Trump’s federal case on charges related to the 2020 election is being delayed by consideration of his immunity claims. Read more |
| Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) will face one of the toughest challenges of his career this week when he tries to muster Senate Republicans to vote for a Ukraine funding and border security package that former President Trump wants to kill. Read more |
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