Republicans in House Who Don’t Want Clean Energy Tax Credits Cut Look to Senators to Save Them

Last Updated on: 13th June 2025, 12:27 pm

As we’ve pointed out repeatedly, clean energy and electric vehicle production tax credits included in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 passed by Democrats disproportionately benefit states and districts controlled by Republican Congressmen. It really doesn’t make sense to kill policies that are supporting tens or hundreds of thousands of jobs, that seed the ground for success in the economic powerhouse industries of the future, and that return much more in financial benefit than they cost. But, of course, Republicans in Congress have to toe the party line like sheep and especially have to do the bidding of the oil & gas industry.

Before the so called “Big Beautiful Bill” was passed by the House of Representatives, 21 House Republicans wrote to House Speaker Mike Johnson urging him to not cut clean energy tax incentives. Nonetheless, when it came time to vote for the bill and the cuts to the tax credits were still in there, these Republicans showed how useless they were and voted for the bill.

Now, incidentally, 13 of them in vulnerable districts are trying to get Republican Senators to step up and protect the incentives.

“Led by Rep. Jen Kiggans (R-Va.), the lawmakers said they remain ‘deeply concerned by several provisions’ that would aggressively phase down incentives from the Democrats’ 2022 climate law and add strict new supply chain requirements. Such steps could jeopardize billions of dollars in investments and thousands of jobs, companies and trade groups have said,” Politico reports.

In a letter to Senate Majority Leader John Thune and Senate Finance Chair Mike Crapo, the House Republican lawmakers wrote: “We believe the Senate now has a critical opportunity to restore common sense and deliver a truly pro-energy growth final bill that protects taxpayers while also unleashing the potential of U.S. energy producers, manufacturers, and workers.”

Ah, yes, common sense — too bad they couldn’t deploy that when letting the bill get through the House!

Notably, tax credits were cut for renewables but were not cut for nuclear power or biofuels. Because, of course, these politicians can’t usefully direct money to industries that actually make us more competitive with China and Europe, but they are fine throwing it away on far less competitive technologies and cash furnaces.