"Lawmakers are moving to cut funding but rejecting severe reductions sought by the White House to energy and environment programs."

"Congressional appropriators’ latest bipartisan spending package, unveiled Monday, would reduce funding for a host of energy and environment programs while rejecting the Trump administration’s requests for even greater cuts.

The House and Senate are set to take up the compromise three-bill “minibus” this month with hopes of providing updated funding levels for the Department of Energy, the Interior Department, EPA and a number of science agencies for the first time in nearly two years.

The release of the fiscal 2026 measures — Energy-Water, Interior-Environment and Commerce-Justice-Science — marks significant progress for appropriators, who have struggled to coalesce on a strategy to fund the government after passing an initial batch of three funding bills late last year."

Andres Picon reports for E&E News January 6, 2026. [2]

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"EPA Funding Salvaged in US Congress Spending Bill" (Inside Climate News) [4]