"The White House [Thursday] night issued a veto threat to a pending House spending bill to fund the Department of Energy, the Army Corps of Engineers and other agencies, citing cuts to clean energy promotion and other DOE priorities and 'policy riders' that would reopen the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste depository, undo federal building efficiency requirements and block guidance on the Clean Water Act."
"President Obama's advisers 'would recommend that he veto the bill,' according to the Office of Management and Budget's statement of administration policy released last night. The statement came just after the House began general debate on the $32.1 billion energy and water spending bill, which would cut $965 million from the president's fiscal 2013 request.
No amendments were offered during last night's session with members simply providing their general views on the bill; Democrats generally decried the lack of support for clean energy development, while Republicans voiced support for investments in fossil fuel research and development, saying the bill would help lower gasoline prices. Members of both parties heartily praised the language aimed at reopening Yucca."
Nick Juliano reports for E&E Daily June 1, 2012.
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