A push from conservatives to repeal clean energy tax credits and IRS enforcement funding from Democrats’ 2022 climate, tax and health law has emerged as one of the key sticking points in House Republicans intraparty debt limit negotiations.
Speaker Kevin McCarthy and his leadership team presented the current outline of their debt limit proposal in a closed-door conference meeting Tuesday morning, but the feedback members provided shows the party is far from uniting around a single bill.
Republicans haven’t even decided on their preferred mechanism for lifting the debt limit, as members debate a specific dollar increase versus a suspension through a certain date.
