The delay in getting the energy measure in final form added to the bill's problems.
Despite the revisions, the outlook for the energy measure remained uncertain.
The action put the House at odds with the Senate, whose energy measure fully finances the administration's nuclear approach.
The energy measure provided $765 million next year for nuclear waste disposal, $174 million above the administration's request.
The issues tying up the energy measure are the same ones that have kept similar legislation from passing for years.
I've been pointing out for a long time that there were far more effective energy saving measures in the 1970s than there are now.
Minamata is striving to implement new and natural energy measures.
This autumn we are seeking agreement with the Council on a package of energy efficient measures.
Those disputes have helped stall the energy measure in Congress for the last two years.
Prospects for a scaled-back energy measure seem less likely.