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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Josh Marcus

Republicans want to cut funding designed to help expand the nation’s energy grid

Senate Republicans have introduced a spending bill that cuts millions from energy programs, including a 25 percent cut to a Department of Energy office that aims to develop and upgrade the U.S. energy grid.

Sen. John Kennedy, the Republican chair of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, called the bill “a responsible step toward cutting bloated spending while bolstering America’s defense and energy infrastructures” in a statement on Monday.

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