Scrap the Green New Deal and put all forms of American-made energy on the same playing field.

Ryan K. Zinke · Montana · Republican

policy impact 0.72 specificity 0.88 extraction confidence 90%

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Evidence

House Roll Call 134 shows H.R. 4690, the Reliable Federal Infrastructure Act, passed 215-202 on April 22, 2026; the roll-call page records Ryan Zinke of Montana voting Yea.

Zinke backed a House-passed bill that repeals a federal green-energy mandate, a concrete step toward his anti-Green-New-Deal/energy-parity pledge, but it was not yet enacted into law.

partial same_term A for effort

Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 94%

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The clerk's roll-call page shows H.R. 4758, the Homeowner Energy Freedom Act, passed 210-199 on February 25, 2026; Ryan Zinke's vote is listed as Yea.

This is another House vote favoring reduced federal energy mandates and broader energy choice, but it is still only chamber-level movement rather than final delivery.

partial same_term A for effort

Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 90%

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Zinke's office said the House passed the 2026 Farm, Food, and National Security Act, and highlighted that the bill 'modernizes rural development and energy programs' while including six provisions he sponsored or co-sponsored.

Zinke is still advancing energy-related legislation and appropriations work in the same term, but this is indirect and does not itself show the campaign promise has been fully delivered.

partial same_term A for effort

Farm Bill Passes House: Zinke Secures Huge Wins to Repeal Cottonwood, Support Farmers & Ranchers, Improve Wildlife Conservation | Representative Ryan Zinke
primary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 75%

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Congress.gov records H.R. 1 as becoming Public Law 119-21 on July 4, 2025. The CRS summary says the law terminates multiple energy-related tax benefits, including the alternative fuel refueling property credit, energy efficient home improvement credit, residential clean energy credit, new energy efficient home credit, and special five-year cost recovery for certain solar and wind property, and limits or terminates other clean electricity, clean hydrogen, wind, and solar credits.

A major enacted law rolled back several Biden-era clean-energy incentives, supporting partial fulfillment of the anti-Green-New-Deal/energy-parity promise, though it did not establish comprehensive parity for all domestic energy sources.

partial same_term A for effort

H.R.1 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): One Big Beautiful Bill Act
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 93%

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The House Clerk records Roll Call 190 on H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, as passed 218-214 on July 3, 2025; Ryan Zinke of Montana is listed as voting Aye.

Zinke voted for the enacted reconciliation law that curtailed multiple clean-energy subsidies, a concrete same-term action toward the pledge.

partial same_term A for effort

Roll Call 190 | Bill Number: H. R. 1
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Executive Order 14154 states U.S. policy to encourage energy production on federal lands and waters, remove regulatory barriers and subsidies favoring electric vehicles, review agency actions burdening domestic energy resources, revoke several Biden climate and clean-energy executive orders, and includes a section titled Terminating the Green New Deal that pauses certain IRA and infrastructure-law disbursements pending review.

The Trump administration took executive action broadly aligned with Zinke's stated policy goal, but this was not a complete statutory repeal and was not an action uniquely taken by Zinke.

partial same_term

Unleashing American Energy - The White House
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The reported text of H.R. 4690 would repeal certain federal building energy efficiency performance standards and provide that a green-building certification system may not bar certification solely because of direct or indirect fossil-fuel consumption.

The bill text directly supports the energy-neutrality portion of the promise by attempting to prevent federal green-building rules from disadvantaging fossil-fuel use, but the measure was not shown as enacted.

partial same_term A for effort

Text - H.R.4690 - Reliable Federal Infrastructure Act
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The House Clerk records Roll Call 134 on H.R. 4690, the Reliable Federal Infrastructure Act, as passed 215-202 on April 22, 2026; Ryan Zinke of Montana is listed as voting Yea.

Zinke supported House passage of a bill aimed at rolling back federal green-building energy restrictions, showing concrete effort but not final enactment.

partial same_term A for effort

Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 95%

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The reported text of H.R. 4758 would repeal provisions of Public Law 117-169 relating to a high-efficiency electric home rebate program, state-based home energy efficiency contractor training grants, and assistance for latest and zero building energy code adoption, and would rescind unobligated balances for specified programs.

The bill text shows a targeted attempt to repeal Inflation Reduction Act electrification and building-code incentives, matching part of the anti-Green-New-Deal pledge, but not the whole promise.

partial same_term A for effort

Text - H.R.4758 - Homeowner Energy Freedom Act
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 92%

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The House Clerk records Roll Call 78 on H.R. 4758, the Homeowner Energy Freedom Act, as passed 210-199 on February 25, 2026; Ryan Zinke of Montana is listed as voting Yea.

Zinke voted for House passage of legislation to repeal specified home electrification and efficiency subsidies, a concrete same-term effort short of full delivery unless enacted and implemented.

partial same_term A for effort

Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 95%

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Zinke's office announced House passage of the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026 and said the bill modernizes rural development and energy programs while including six provisions he sponsored or co-sponsored; the release says the bill then headed to the Senate.

This shows continued energy-related legislative activity and sponsorship, but the cited provisions are indirect for this pledge and do not prove full fulfillment.

partial same_term A for effort

Farm Bill Passes House: Zinke Secures Huge Wins to Repeal Cottonwood, Support Farmers & Ranchers, Improve Wildlife Conservation | Representative Ryan Zinke
primary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 74%

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Assessments

partial same_term A for effort

Zinke has taken concrete same-term action consistent with the pledge by voting for House-passed bills to roll back federal green-energy mandates and support broader energy choice, and by advancing related energy provisions in the House farm bill. However, the promised outcome is broad: scrapping the Green New Deal and placing all American-made energy sources on the same playing field. The evidence shows chamber-level legislative progress and policy effort, not final enactment or a completed federal policy change. Because he materially advanced the agenda but has not delivered the full promised outcome, partial credit is appropriate.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 88%