By a vote of 209-204, the House passed legislation Friday to eliminate what critics call a green energy slush fund.
The Daily Signal first reported last year on the bill, called the Cutting Green Corruption and Taxes Act and sponsored by Rep. Gary Palmer, R-Ala., chairman of the Republican Policy Committee.
“This is a major step towards securing American energy and reducing energy costs. This is a win for the American people,” Palmer said Friday in a public statement.
However, the bill faces rough sledding in the Senate, where Democrats have a working majority with three independents.
The $27 billion Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund was the largest grant program created in a massive spending bill, dubbed the Inflation Reduction Act, which passed in August 2022 when Democrats controlled both houses of Congress.
“This is nothing more than a slush fund…
