Energy Programs Face Funding Cuts in Senate Republicans’ Bill

Energy programs would face cuts and nuclear safety funds would increase under a federal spending measure senators proposed Monday, drawing pushback from Democrats.

The Senate Appropriations Committee published its fiscal 2026 Energy and Water funding bill as senators aim to make progress on spending measures after a 43-day government shutdown, the longest ever.

Read the bill text.

Read the committee report.

Democrats aren’t happy with the measure, Senate Appropriations Vice Chair Patty Murray (D-Wash.) said in a statement — an unusual turn of events for a panel that regularly produces bipartisan bills and stands in contrast with the committee’s other ...