Provide financial assistance to American families to prevent utility shutoffs.

Paul Tonko · New York · Democratic

spending impact 3.00 specificity 1.00 extraction confidence 93%

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Evidence

Tonko joined the introduction of the Energy Bills Relief Act, and the release says the bill would take a family- and consumer-focused approach to energy policy, including financial assistance for American families so their power is not shut off.

Tonko made a concrete legislative attempt to provide utility-bill help and prevent shutoffs, but this was only an introduction, not enactment.

partial same_term A for effort

Tonko, SEEC Clean Energy Deployment Task Force Introduce Energy Bills Relief Act | U.S. Representative Paul Tonko
primary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 94%

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The one-pager says the bill "provides financial assistance to American families to make sure their power isn’t shut off."

This is the clearest official statement tying Tonko's legislative push to direct financial help aimed at preventing utility shutoffs.

partial same_term A for effort

One Pager - The Energy Bills Relief Act
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 90%

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Assessments

never unknown A for effort

Tonko materially pursued the promise by joining the introduction of the Energy Bills Relief Act, which explicitly proposed financial assistance to prevent household utility shutoffs. But the evidence shows only a bill introduction and advocacy, not enactment or implementation of the promised assistance. Under the scoring rule, a serious legislative attempt that did not deliver the outcome counts as never, with effort credit.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.4 · confidence 95%