In This Issue:

- Energy and Climate Debate

- Congress

- Administration

- Department of Energy

- Department of Interior

- Environmental Protection Agency

- Nuclear Regulatory Commission

- International

- States

- Sustainability

- Miscellaneous

- Excerpt from Energy and Climate Debate:

The House and Senate are in recess for the Easter and Passover holidays, but prior to their departure, they spent much of last week debating the fiscal year 2016 budget.

The House approved its fiscal year 2016 budget resolution (H. Con. Res. 27) March 25. House Appropriations Committee Chair Hal Rogers (R-KY) said March 26 that the committee would begin work April 13 on developing allocations for the 12 spending bills now that the House has passed the fiscal year 2016 budget resolution. The committee held more than 20 hearings on the budget last week alone. The $1.017 trillion discretionary spending total in the budget resolution allows for little spending growth, but Representative Rogers remains determined to get the spending bills out of the committee and passed on the House floor.