Chris Moyer, founder and president of Echo Communications Advisors, was quoted in Bloomberg News shortly after the House voted to gut the IRA’s clean energy tax credits:
Bloomberg News: Crippling Clean-Energy Tax Credits Won’t Fly, GOP Senators Say
By Ari Natter, Brian Eckhouse and Mark Chediak
May 22, 2025
The House’s draconian cuts to former President Joe Biden’s landmark climate law won’t fly in the Senate, key Republican senators said Thursday.
Just hours after the House narrowly passed a massive tax and spending bill gutting key clean-energy tax incentives, Senate Majority Leader John Thune said the Senate was planning its own effort.
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Softening aggressive phaseouts of key tax credits for clean electricity production and nuclear power projects are among the top priorities, said Senator Lisa Murkowski, a moderate Republican from Alaska who has bucked her party on key votes before.
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Still, tough talk by Senate Republicans might not translate into action. Republicans who opt to vote against President Donald Trump’s top legislative priority risk the wrath of the president and as well as potential primary challenges, said Chris Moyer, a former Democratic Senate staffer.
“At the end of the day they are going to vote for a bill extending tax cuts for millions of Americans,” Moyer said.
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