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Representative Jodey Arrington (R-TX) sponsored H.Con.Res. 14, the Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Resolution. Passage of a budget resolution sets in motion the legislative procedure needed to pass a budget reconciliation bill with only 50 votes in the Senate. This resolution would increase costs for working families, among other impacts, through higher energy bills by rescinding hundreds of billions of dollars in clean energy tax credits that have already been promised to consumers and businesses, as well as funding for clean energy and energy efficiency programs. It would compromise the health of our communities by rolling back and cutting funding for critical environmental protections. It would enable cuts to programs meant to provide assistance to those who need it most, such as the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) and disaster unemployment assistance, as well as critical lifelines for millions of people like Medicaid, SNAP, and WIC. It proposes selling off our pristine public lands and waters to the oil and gas industry for drilling, including the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, despite the fact that the most recent lease sale raised $0. It would further eliminate the penalty for fossil fuel companies that fail to reduce their dangerous methane pollution while cutting funds to monitor, enforce, protect and improve air and water quality, and it would direct hundreds of billions of dollars to turbocharge mass deportations, militarize the border, fund immigration raids in schools and other community spaces, and tear families apart. Cost-increasing cuts and eliminating environmental programs and safeguards in this resolution would help pay for tax breaks for billionaires and polluting corporations. On February 25, the House approved H.Con.Res.14 by a vote of 217-215 (House roll call vote 50). NO IS THE PRO-ENVIRONMENT VOTE. The Senate took no action on this legislation.
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