Because states that lean Republican are seeing so many economic benefits, experts have predicted that the law will prove difficult to undo, despite the GOP having control over the presidency and Congress.
In an August letter, 18 Republican representatives urged House Speaker Mike Johnson (R) not to fully repeal the law. “Energy tax credits have spurred innovation, incentivized investment, and created good jobs in many parts of the country — including many districts represented by members of our conference,” the representatives wrote.
Johnson, for his part, said in September that he’d use a “scalpel and not a sledgehammer” on the Inflation Reduction Act, though he also claimed that the law has been “terribly harmful to the economy.”
Even if the Trump administration decides to follow Johnson’s approach and forgo the sledgehammer, a scalpel can still do plenty of damage to U.S. clean energy manufacturing and the energy transition, which needs more, not less, investment.
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