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CR provides across-the-board funding boost, adds $800M for wildfires, keeps light bulb rider
A six-month spending bill unveiled last night would provide a small, across-the-board funding increase for the Energy Department, U.S. EPA, the Interior Department and other agencies while adding $800 million for wildfire suppression and maintaining a controversial provision blocking enforcement of light bulb efficiency standards. Go to story #1