Republicans Are Rejoicing as They Gut a Bill That Benefits Red States

https://newrepublic.com/article/195350/republicans-rejoicing-gut-bill-benefits-red-states

by thenewrepublic

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  1. >Republicans have [described](https://www.wsj.com/opinion/a-common-sense-budget-reconciliation-bill-house-energy-and-commerce-committee-d8ab0d71) the “big, beautiful” megabill they’re currently attempting to pass as a way to end “Green New Deal–style waste” and “limit government spending to what actually helps Americans,” according to Brett Guthrie, the House Energy and Commerce Committee chair. The House’s Ways and Means Committee put its [plans](https://waysandmeans.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/SMITMO_017_xml.pdf) to ax the Inflation Reduction Act’s climate and energy programs under the heading “Working Families Over Elites.” The class warfare–style language is familiar. Over the last several years, the right has reliably leveraged its faux populism against Biden’s climate and energy measures: Tax cuts for the rich [are](https://waysandmeans.house.gov/2025/05/13/what-they-are-saying-the-one-big-beautiful-bill-delivers-on-proven-tax-reforms-eliminates-bad-tax-policies-and-puts-america-first/) “pro-growth, pro-family, and pro-America,” while the Inflation Reduction Act, or IRA, is “corporate welfare for progressive special interests.”

    >They’re lying about the content of their megabill, and they’re plain wrong that climate and energy spending benefits only the wealthy. The most bizarre thing about the GOP’s war on alleged climate elites getting rich off the IRA, however, is that the main beneficiaries of Joe Biden’s trademark legislative achievement have actually been Republicans. [Nearly three-quarters](https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/03/clean-energy-generates-major-economic-benefits-especially-in-red-states/) of investments spurred on by that bill have flowed to states that voted to make Trump president; two-thirds of those funds have come in the form of private-sector investments incentivized by the Inflation Reduction Act’s tax breaks for zero-carbon energy, advanced manufacturing, and more. This week, as House Republicans decide how quickly and thoroughly to dismantle the so-called “green new scam,” the results will signal how committed GOP politicians are to snatching from their own constituents.

  2. Still want to put some blame on democrats. It should have been their job to protect the funding till all of it was used up. Dems failed the public 🤷‍♂️ This also puts a ding on how the public’s trust for the government, and the government’s reputation/reliability. Can the government really be trusted, if there’s just repeated snip snap? It’s like – would i rather get a loan from a company that’s well established and is known to deliver on its promises, vs a company that flip flops on its promises? The market does not respect this level of unreliability.

  3. At this point I’m all for fucking over the red states. I don’t care who does it

  4. Sometimes people get exactly what they voted for…

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