The new push from US House Republicans is to try to make President Biden and Democrats throw out there push for climate control/environmental reforms in exchange for a Debt Ceiling increase….
My first thought on this?
West Virginia Democratic US Senator Manchin and the US Senate….
West Virginia = Fossil Fuels….
Added to this ?
Arizona US Senator Sinema, who is now an Independent….
The Republicans ARE betting on support for NOW vs America’s future…
Big energy companies also spend a LOT in GOP campaign contributions….
They hope this may help them find a way to gain traction against Biden’s effort to keep pumping money into the economy post pandemic…..
House Republicans are set to approve a sprawling energy package that seeks to undo virtually all of President Joe Biden’s agenda to address climate change.
The massive GOP bill up for a vote Thursday would sharply increase domestic production of oil, natural gas and coal, and ease permitting restrictions that delay pipelines, refineries and other projects. It also would boost production of critical minerals such as lithium, nickel and cobalt that are used in products such as electric vehicles, computers and cellphones.
Republicans call the bill the “Lower Energy Costs Act” and have given it the symbolic label H.R. 1 — the top legislative priority of the new GOP majority, which took control of the House in January. The measure, which combines dozens of separate proposals, represents more than two years of work by Republicans who have chafed at Biden’s environmental agenda. They say Biden’s efforts have thwarted U.S. energy production and increased costs at the gas pump and grocery store.
“Families are struggling because of President Biden’s war on American energy,″ said House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., one of the bill’s main authors. “We have way too many energy resources here in America to be relying on hostile nations and paying (high prices) at the pump.″
The GOP bill will “unleash those resources so we can produce energy in America,″ Scalise said. “We don’t have to be addicted to foreign countries that don’t like us.″
Democrats called the bill a giveaway to big oil companies…..