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Senate, House GOP poised for clash on green energy tax credits

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The Senate’s more flexible approach to rolling back green energy subsidies is putting the upper chamber on a collision course with the conservative House Freedom Caucus.

The Freedom Caucus, a powerful right wing bloc, has said it will “not accept” any changes that “water down” the dramatic cuts to the tax credits passed by the House.

And while draft legislation from the Senate this week does still deliver significant reductions in these subsidies, at least one key Freedom Caucus leader is already saying it’s not good enough.

“Yeah, I will not vote for this,” wrote Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) in a post on X, referring to the Senate bill’s tax credit provisions.

With the House version of the bill passing by just a one-vote margin, any further fractures in the lower chamber could jeopardize the bill’s future.

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