Resurgent Republicans could slash dOe’s budget

摘要

If the rhetoric that dominated this nyear’s midterm congressional elections nis put into practice, the huge gains that nRepublicans made in the House and nSenate last week could gravely imperil nEnergy Secretary Steven Chu’s efforts to nreshape the Energy Department and to ncultivate a host of renewable-energy tech-nnologies.nMany of the Republicans who were nelected to the House and the Senate on nTuesday — especially those affiliated with nthe ultra-conservative Tea Party move-nment — campaigned on promises to slash