Support a windfall profits tax on fossil fuel companies.

Becca Balint · Vermont · Democratic

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Evidence

Balint said, "the first thing that I would do is make sure that we institute a windfall profits tax on fossil fuel companies."

During her 2022 congressional campaign, Balint explicitly backed a windfall profits tax on fossil fuel companies.

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Vermont Democratic Congressional candidates meet in a televised debate
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Balint said she would "look at a windfall profits tax on fossil fuel companies."

A second 2022 debate again shows Balint endorsing a windfall profits tax on fossil fuel companies.

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Republican and Democrat seeking Vermont’s at-large U.S. House seat face a broad range of issues during debate
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GovInfo lists Becca Balint as a cosponsor of H.R. 9573, a bill "to impose an assessment related to fossil fuel emissions."

Balint formally cosponsored federal legislation aimed at taxing fossil-fuel-related emissions in 2024.

delivered same_term A for effort

H.R. 9573 (IH) - Polluters Pay Climate Fund Act of 2024 - BILLS-118hr9573ih | Content Details | GovInfo
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GovInfo lists Becca Balint as a cosponsor of H.R. 1135, which would impose an assessment related to fossil fuel emissions.

Balint continued to back similar fossil-fuel tax legislation in the 119th Congress.

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H.R. 1135 (IH) - Polluters Pay Climate Fund Act of 2025 - BILLS-119hr1135ih | Content Details | GovInfo
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Balint promised to support a windfall profits tax on fossil fuel companies. In her first House term, she formally cosponsored H.R. 9573, the Polluters Pay Climate Fund Act of 2024, which would impose an assessment related to fossil fuel emissions. That legislative cosponsorship is a concrete official act consistent with supporting fossil-fuel windfall/profits-style taxation, so the support promise was fulfilled even though the broader policy was not enacted.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 90%