Two House Republicans drew firm red lines Friday on changes to the House GOP megabill, threatening to vote “no” if the Senate made any changes whatsoever to key provisions.
Reps. Nick LaLota of New York warned GOP senators against lowering the House’s $40,000 cap on the state-and-local-tax deduction, while Rep. Chip Roy of Texas vowed to oppose any attempt to delay or otherwise water down the phaseout of clean-energy tax credits provided for in the House-passed megabill.
“If the Senate waters it down by a dollar, I’m a no,” LaLota posted on X, arguing that the SALT cap as it stands is “unfair” to his constituents.
Roy was equally strict about GOP senators’ hesitations on quickly phasing out clean-energy tax credits signed into law under former President Joe Biden — even calling out skeptical Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) by name in a floor speech Friday.
Tillis has been critical of the phaseouts, saying the House bill is “void of any understanding of just how these supply chains work.”
“You backslide one inch on those IRA subsidies and I’m voting against this bill,” Roy said. “Because those god-forsaken subsidies are killing our energy, killing our grid, making us weaker, destroying our landscape, undermining our freedom. I’m not going to have it.”
