Ending fossil fuel subsidies that encourage pollution while providing incentives for clean energy innovation will further accelerate progress toward a more sustainable energy future.
Support ending fossil fuel subsidies and providing incentives for clean energy innovation.
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Evidence
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GovInfo lists H.R. 8554 as the End Polluter Welfare Act of 2024, with the full title: To eliminate certain subsidies for fossil-fuel production. The action text names Mr. Carson among the members for whom Rep. Omar introduced the bill, and the cosponsor list includes Andre Carson (IN).
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The Clerk records Roll Call 420 on H.R. 5376, dated Aug. 12, 2022, as passed 220-207. In the member vote table, Carson, Democratic, Indiana, is recorded as Yea.
Assessments
Carson materially supported the clean-energy-incentive portion by voting for House passage of H.R. 5376 in 2022, which became the Inflation Reduction Act and created major clean energy tax credits and incentives while he was serving in federal office. He also supported ending fossil fuel subsidies by cosponsoring the End Polluter Welfare Act of 2024, but that bill was referred to committee and was not enacted, so the fossil-fuel-subsidy portion was not fully delivered. Because one major part of the commitment became law and the other received serious legislative support but not enactment, partial credit is appropriate.