Three days after the incomplete negotiations on the Capitol Hill, the Senate voted 51-50 on Tuesday to pass a Local Policy Bill This achieves a lot of President Donald Trump’s agenda in the first year. Vice Vice President JD Vance indicated a tie. Three Republicans – Rand Paul voted from Kentucky, Tom Teleles from North Carolina, and Susan Collins from Main – against the package, while Democrats were united in the opposition.
If the House of Representatives approves and signed by Trump, the legislation will make The deepest discounts of the Social Safety Network in America for decades And reveal the country The current federal plan only To reduce greenhouse gas emissions that drive climate change.
“This comprehensive legislation is the most environmentally anti -environment and will lead to severe damage to our societies, our families, our climate, and our public lands,” the voter association, an environmental advocacy group, said in a statement.
The estimated cost of the priority of the higher policy of the Republican Party – Extending tax cuts from 2017 – More than 4 trillion dollars over 10 years. In order to compensate for these tax cuts, Republicans in the Senate sought to reduce spending on the green energy approved by Democrats during the term of former President Joe Biden, among other programs such as food stamps and the doctor. Clean energy benefits formed the heart of the law to reduce inflation for 2022, or the Irish Republican Army, the largest draft climate spending law in American history.
The legislation now returns to the House of Representatives, which A less expensive version passed From Megabill in May, before going to Trump’s office for signing it. The legislation of the House of Representatives had set the sun set for investment and production tax credits in the Irish Republican Army for wind and solar energy within 60 days of the enactment of the bill, a aggressive timetable. Renewable energy groups said they will be established Weakening their industry And the struggle of new projects is renewable. Fears of organizational changes Already lead To cancel $ 15.5 billion of clean energy investments this year.
Senate legislation is marginally less punitive for the clean energy industry. Wind projects and solar energy as well Start construction before July 2026 or be placed in the service by 2027 It will be able to take full advantage of the current tax credits. According to the Irish Republican Army, these credits were appointed to continue in some form until the country achieved significant discounts in emissions.
It also included a previous version of the Senate Bill an additional tax on the “tax” on wind and solar energy, which Analysis by the American Clean Energy Association It would increase the prices of consumer energy amounting to 10 percent and clean energy companies cost up to $ 7 billion by 2036. This tax was removed from the legislation before the final vote on Tuesday. Conservative legislators abandoned the inclusion of the initial tax in the text. “I don’t know where it came from NBC said.
The draft law of the previous house set strict limits on the use of Chinese components in renewable energy projects. The Senate version has reduced this proposal to include less penalties for the moderate use of the devices associated with China. But Republicans in the Senate stole the gradual disposal of the House of Representatives for tax credits for consumers for new and previously owned electric cars for two months, from the end of this year to September 30. Consumers had previously had until 2032 to benefit from it.
The bill does not include Huge and controversial sale of public lands Senator Mike Lee, from Utah, who withdrew this amendment after his confrontation backlash In his term and throughout the country.
The gradual disposal of the tax credits approved by the Senate for wind and solar energy comes at a time when the demand for the industrial authority is It is the height In the United States as Energy -thirsty data centers and clean technology factories across the country. “The intended effort to undermine the fastest electrical energy sources will lead to an increase in energy bills, the reliability of the network, and the loss of hundreds of thousands of jobs,” the Clean American Energy Association, a clean pressure group, said in a statement. “We cannot choose the winners and losers when it comes to reliable and American energy.”
The changes made by the Senate during a period of extensive discussion 24 hours can constitute other hours of discussion in the lower Congress room. Through its copy of the bill, the house ascended by achieving a balance between moderate Republicans from blue states such as California and New York who wanted higher than hats higher than income tax discounts, local states and financial hawks from deep red states who wanted to spend deeper spending. The Senate version revolves around 800 billion dollars It is more expensive, an increase that can increase a battle around the timelines for clean energy tax and more. Chip Roy, the Republican legislator from Texas who wants to deeper discounts for green spending, Already “He fought a deal from a really bad deal.”
Some Republican Senators believe this is a good thing.
Senator Lisa Morkovsky, a Republican of Alaska sent a message to the majority leader of the Senate John Thun in April He is asked to maintain clean energy tax creditsThe last comment was in the Senate after Paul, Tilis, and Collins explained that they would vote against the Senate Bill. Despite the consequences of the draft law on clean energy, Murkowski agreed to support the draft law after obtaining a set of excavation for its internationally on the requirements of food stamps and healthcare discounts.
After voting in favor of the draft law, Morkovsky expressed his concerns about its contents. “I hope the house will look at this and realize that we are not there yet,” she He told reporters.
