ClimateWire: The House could pass a $37.4 billion fiscal 2017 energy and water spending bill later this week, but only after partisan fights over renewable energy and climate change policies, and possible amendments related to the California drought and Flint water crisis.
The legislation, H.R. 5055, heads to the Rules Committee this evening and should be on the floor by midweek.
It will be the second spending bill the House has taken up this year. The Senate passed its own $37.5 billion version of the...