But Congress has final budget authority to determine how proposed cuts to state water programs, transit grants and clean energy programs, and a steep rise in defense spending, will fare..
With most of the federal government funded through a continuing resolution lasting into September, focus turns to the US Dept. of Homeland Security budget that is still being debated under a new 10-day continuing resolution.
GOP-led panels in the House voted to pare back spending on renewable energy and lower-carbon infrastructure, but a fight over extending tax cuts looms.