Senate Appropriations Committee rejects Trump cuts for energy funding

Published May 24, 2018 6:02pm ET



The Senate Appropriations Committee easily advanced its Energy-Water fiscal 2019 spending bill on Thursday, rejecting Trump administration efforts to reduce funding for energy and science research.

The $43.8 billion bill, approved by a 30-1 vote, is $566 million more than this year’s appropriation and $7.2 billion more than the administration requested.

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