President Obama didn't request any new loan authority for the Department of Energy's troubled clean energy loan guarantee program in the fiscal 2013 budget request he sent to Congress yesterday -- and the only new funding he is seeking for the effort is $38 million to cover ongoing administrative expenses. But Republicans on Capitol Hill said yesterday that they were skeptical of putting any additional dollars toward a program that has become synonymous with the failed Solyndra solar energy company. Go to story #1