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21 House Republicans now like Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act incentives.

Politico reports House Republican Support Grows for Keeping Clean Energy Tax Breaks

In a letter shared exclusively with POLITICO, 21 House Republicans — whose districts have drawn billions in new investments because of the Inflation Reduction Act incentives — said developing clean energy was critical for the U.S. to meet President Donald Trump’s goal of becoming “energy dominant.” And they threatened to resist their colleagues’ efforts to gut the law to help pay for a small fraction of the GOP’s multi-trillion-dollar tax-cut package.

“We have 20-plus members saying, ‘Don’t just think you can repeal these things and have our support,’” said Rep. Andrew Garbarino (R-N.Y.), who organized the letter.

The growing pushback against eliminating the IRA’s hundreds of billions of dollars in tax credits and other incentives — which have largely benefited GOP-controlled districts — will complicate efforts by House Republicans to slash federal outlays without shrinking Medicaid spending as they seek to offset the tax cuts in their budget bill.

Up until now, Republicans haven’t detailed how far they are willing to go to protect these credits as Trump seeks to dismantle former President Joe Biden’s climate agenda, even as other members have loudly balked about cuts to Medicaid.

Rep. Juan Ciscomani (R-Ariz.), who signed the letter and has a large electric vehicle manufacturing plant in his district, said he discussed the credits with Speaker Mike Johnson before the House narrowly passed its budget framework late last month. Ciscomani is also among the Republicans raising concerns about proposed limits on Medicaid and food assistance.

A bipartisan group of lawmakers including Ways and Means member Carol Miller (R-W.Va.) introduced a bill last week to expand that credit, known as 45Q, to cover methane captured from mines.

Pack of Republican Now Support

• No Medicaid rollbacks
• More food assistance
• Expansion of Inflation Reduction Act provisions to capture methane
• Reinstatement of State and Local Tax deduction (primary benefit big blue states)

All the Republicans want more military spending. None of them want to discuss Social Security other than not taxing benefits which will dig a bigger SS hole.

Only one Representative stood against this nonsense. That would be hard-line deficit-hawk Thomas Massie.

Guess what happened to him. ZeroHedge has the details.

Massie Donations Pour In

Please consider Massie Donations Pour In – Jewish Group Vows To Help Trump Oust Him

President Trump’s social-media tirade against hard-line deficit-hawk Thomas Massie has had a big effect — but not exactly the one Trump wanted. Since Trump’s late-night tantrum in which he called for the Republican congressman to be ousted via a primary challenge, the Kentucky congressman has raked in more than $200,000 in donations. That huge and growing windfall comes as the Republican Jewish Coalition promised to help make Trump’s dream of a Congress without Massie come true.

Massie provoked Trump’s wrath on Sunday, when he vowed to vote against a continuing resolution (CR) that would fund the government through Sept 30 — but without spending cuts. “Why would I vote to continue the waste fraud and abuse DOGE has found?” wrote Massie on X. “We were told the CR in December would get us to March when we would fight. Here we are in March, punting again!”

On Monday evening, a sputtering Trump used his Truth Social account to lash out at the libertarian-minded Massie:

“HE SHOULD BE PRIMARIED, and I will lead the charge against him. He’s just another GRANDSTANDER, who’s too much trouble and not worth the fight. He reminds me of Liz Cheney before her historic, record breaking fall (loss!). The people of Kentucky won’t stand for it, just watch. DO I HAVE ANY TAKERS??”

Glenn Greenwald zeroed in on Trump’s bizarre likening of Massie to Liz Cheney:  

Of the many absurd aspects of Trump’s attack on Thomas Massie, the comparison of Massie to Liz Cheney has to be the most laughable. It’s honestly difficult to think of two people less similar to one another than Thomas Massie and Liz Cheney.

And MAGA Republicans believe Republicans led by DOGE are going to cut the deficit. What a hoot!

Lutnick Says Tariffs Can Eliminate the IRS and Balance the Budget

Of all the lunatic ideas on how Republicans will balance the budgets at the top of the list is tariffs.

I did the math on that idea.

We would need to faithfully collect 200 percent tariffs on everything, with of no trade frictions, no retaliations, full compliance, and no reductions in imports.

It’s even stupider than the above sentence implies. For discussion, please see Lutnick Says Tariffs Can Eliminate the IRS and Balance the Budget

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