House Advances Energy, Public Works Budget Bill

The $57 billion package, which trimmed spending and dramatically boosted nuclear weapons funding, passed by one vote and faces an uncertain fate in the Senate.

The U.S. Capitol on Sept. 2, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times

The House of Representatives has advanced a $57.3 billion energy and water agency spending plan that slashes current-year allocations for non-defense programs by nearly 3 percent while boosting spending for the nation’s nuclear weapons programs by more than 25 percent.

H.R. 4553, the Fiscal Year 2026 Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies budget, was adopted on Sept. 4 in a 214–213 partisan tally, with four Republicans joining all Democrats in voting against the measure.