Hi John,

The disastrous Republican megabill had a chance for a do-over this week.

Ever since passing this bill, Republicans have been claiming that they wanted to make changes to the underlying bill, in some cases saying that they did not even realize certain provisions were in there before they voted on them. When confronted by constituents at a town hall, Rep. Flood acknowledged that he was not aware of the provisions he had voted for, and Rep. Greene (yes, that Rep. Greene) has also tweeted about regretting her support. 

And wouldn’t you believe it? Unexpectedly this week, they got a rare chance to take back their support. For procedural reasons, the House needed to vote again to make certain revisions before sending the bill over to the Senate. What a gift!

And so, the bill must have failed this time based on all of this regret House Republicans have expressed, right? … Right?

Hah! No. Of course not.

All but one House Republican still voted to move it forward without any substantive changes. As a reminder, here’s what’s in this lobbyist wishlist of a megabill: 

• Giving polluters “get out of jail free cards” by letting companies pay for legal immunity for environmental reviews.
   
• Slapping a fine on protests filed against oil and gas leases, muzzling dissent and pro-conservation civic engagement.
   
• Locking up 4 million acres for coal mining, despite coal making less and less economic sense (let alone being terrible for the environment).
   
• Eliminating protections for endangered species who are vulnerable to offshore oil and gas operations, dooming our planet’s most endangered whale to extinction.
   
• Raising household energy costs while handing out tax breaks to billionaires and big polluter.
   
• Killing good-paying clean energy and manufacturing jobs by defunding innovation and industrial modernization.
   
• Demolishing incentives for electric vehicles, advanced manufacturing, and zero-emission energy.

John, there’s no point in paying lip service without taking any action. 

Voting to move this bill forward again is a decision that House Republicans actively chose to make. Again and again, even when given an opportunity to correct their mistakes, they fell in line and voted for a bill that they haven’t fully read, acknowledge is harmful, and runs counter to what their constituents want. 

That’s pure cowardice, plain and simple.

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David @ SEEC PAC