Proposed Senate Budget Advances House’s Sweeping ‘Green Energy’ Cuts

Spending plan’s tentative trims in tax credits for EVs, solar, wind face first showdown in senior chamber in key hearing today.
Proposed Senate Budget Advances House’s Sweeping ‘Green Energy’ Cuts
A worker installs solar panels on the rooftop of a house in Pomona, Calif., on Oct. 19, 2023. Mario Tama/Getty Images
John Haughey
John Haughey
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The first Senate adaptation of President Donald Trump’s “big beautiful” Fiscal Year 2026 budget bill retains the wholesale slashes and clawbacks in “green energy” allocations adopted by the House when it passed its version of the spending plan by a single vote on May 22.
Although some timelines are extended, the draft budget released on June 16 by the Senate Finance Committee largely replicates the House’s terminations of individual tax credits for purchasing electric vehicles, heat pumps, and energy-efficient domestic appliances, and for installing rooftop solar panels.
John Haughey
John Haughey
Reporter
John Haughey is an award-winning Epoch Times reporter who covers U.S. elections, U.S. Congress, energy, defense, and infrastructure. Mr. Haughey has more than 45 years of media experience. You can reach John via email at [email protected]
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