NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT
House poised to override Trump veto for first time
The Hill | 12/28/2020
The House appears poised to override President Trump’s veto of the must-pass annual defense policy bill, a dramatic rebuke of Trump in the final days of his presidency.
House lawmakers will vote Monday on overriding Trump’s rejection of the fiscal 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which passed both chambers of Congress with more than the two-thirds majority needed to overcome a veto.
Some Republicans have said they would sustain Trump’s veto despite supporting the bill earlier this month. Still, dozens would need to flip their vote for the override to fail, and some Democrats who previously voted against the measure could switch their votes to override Trump.
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NATIONAL LABS
Congress approves record Office of Science funding for DOE national labs
Federal Labs | 12/22/2020
Congress this week passed legislation sponsored by subcommittee Chairman Lamar Alexander and Ranking Member Dianne Feinstein that includes the sixth consecutive year of record funding for the Office of Science – the U.S. Department of Energy program that supports work at 17 national laboratories. The Senate bill also prioritizes funding for supercomputing and advanced nuclear programs and provides the
seventh consecutive year of record funding in a regular appropriations bill for the Corps of Engineers.
“I proposed a New Manhattan Project for Clean Energy last March – a five year project with Ten Grand Challenges that will use American research and technology to put our country and the world firmly on a path toward cleaner, cheaper energy," Alexander said. "To provide the tools to create these breakthroughs, the federal government should double its funding for energy research and reinstate the United
States as number one in the world in advanced computing. That is why setting a new record funding level for the Office of Science – the nation’s largest supporter of research in the physical sciences – is one of my top priorities."
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