A megabill mystery: New solar and wind tax comes as a surprise to Republican senators
Source: NBC News
June 30, 2025, 9:57 PM EDT
WASHINGTON Tucked inside Republicans' massive domestic policy bill is an excise tax for wind and solar projects, a provision that came as a surprise not just to the renewable energy industry, but also to numerous senators who are crafting the legislation.
In a twist, Republican senators insist they don't know how or why the tax was inserted into the bill they're rushing to pass. No senator is taking credit for or defending it. And at least one wants it removed.
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., the Budget Committee chairman, who released the 940-page bill, said he doesn't know where that provision came from. "It's a secret, I guess," Graham told NBC News on Monday evening. "I don't know where it came from."
Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, was baffled by the provision, saying the excise tax "just came about" like it was "airdropped" into the bill before the vote Saturday to proceed. "It wasnt part of any consideration," she said. "Its like, surprise! Its Saturday night. And we looked at it like, where did this come from?" "My view of it is its just entirely punitive to the wind and solar industry," Murkowski said, adding that the Republican-controlled Senate is "looking at different options" to deal with it.
Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/megabill-mystery-new-solar-wind-tax-surprise-republican-senators-rcna216120
"It's a secret, I guess". Hehe.


Irish_Dem
(72,560 posts)Last edited Tue Jul 1, 2025, 05:26 PM - Edit history (1)
LonePirate
(14,146 posts)They are intentionally hiding and shielding the offender(s).
Blues Heron
(7,183 posts)tanyev
(47,184 posts)Sounds like Dear Leader made a phone call to a sycophant who had editing permission.
Wiz Imp
(6,133 posts)What different options? Somebody just needs to introduce an amendment to remove it and people vote for the amendment. There. Problem solved. It doesn't get any simpler than that.
notinkansas
(1,269 posts)republicans just need to zip it. The level of disdain for their constituents is blatantly obvious.
IronLionZion
(49,486 posts)that's why Trump/MAGA wants to push it through so fast.
progree
(12,105 posts)That's the only information in the article on what the tax is. In their minds, it's just a tax on China (well, that's the tRumpian view of tariffs, and this is pretty much a tariff).
cstanleytech
(27,779 posts)Scalded Nun
(1,445 posts)a single GOPer/MAGAt that can scream 'unintended consequences', 'I had no idea' or 'I was lied to'.
They know EXACTLY what they are voting for, and we can never let them, or the public, forget that. I'd like to say the media shouldn't either, but I have learned my lesson with that.
republianmushroom
(20,715 posts)Botany
(74,796 posts)This is part of promise made by Krasnov in 2024 to the fossil fuel industries.
patphil
(8,087 posts)They need to reject this bill and start over.
ms liberty
(10,409 posts)eggplant
(4,095 posts)We do it with wikipedia where anyone on the planet can make edits, we can do it in congress. "I have no idea how that got in there" should never be allowed.
lonely bird
(2,425 posts)Fuck Lindsey Graham, the lying sack of shit.
keep_left
(2,976 posts)Trump just hates wind and solar power. David Pakman recently featured a portion of an interview Trump did this past weekend with the execrable Maria Bartiromo where he went off (as usual) on wind and solar technology, whining about how "it all comes from CHY-NA!". In the interview, Trump also boasts about how "we're doing coal!". It's beyond embarrassing.
IbogaProject
(4,678 posts)live love laugh
(15,662 posts)Options:
Lies.
wolfie001
(5,740 posts)........of all of his bit coin scams, is this any surprise?