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Although US President Donald Trump’s draft 2019 budget proposes $30.6bn for the Department of Energy (DOE), a 2% increase from the fiscal year 2017, a significant portion of the funds are for oversight of the nuclear weapons stockpile at the expense of other areas, in particular, renewable energy research. However, many of the proposals have already proved controversial, and the final version will undoubtedly differ from the draft after the House and Senate budget committees have amended it. The budget proposal will then be discussed and voted on by both chambers before any agreed appropriation bills based on it are signed into law by the president.

Date: Thursday, 15 February 2018
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsus-budget-proposals-cause-controversy-6055934

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