Bill to avert U.S. government shutdown includes record $3B Hanford nuclear site spending
By ANNETTE CARY, Tri-City Herald
A spending bill negotiated between Democrats and Republicans includes record annual funding of just over $3 billion for the Hanford site in Eastern Washington.
The bill now goes to votes before the U.S. House and then the U.S. Senate before Saturday to avoid a partial shutdown of the federal government, including the Department of Energy.