Republicans Split Over Renewing Alternative-Energy Tax Breaks
- Senate Republicans say they’ll consider it; House opposed
- Pressure could build to renew other specialized tax breaks
House Speaker Paul Ryan, a Republican from Wisconsin, exits after a news conference in Washington on Sept. 15, 2016.
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House and Senate Republican leaders are at odds over whether to renew expiring alternative-energy tax breaks during Congress’s lame-duck session after the Nov. 8 election.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says he is committed to taking a look at the possibility. But House Speaker Paul Ryan and his lieutenants have signaled they won’t go along with continuing what has been a perennial late-session ritual of extending targeted tax incentives that are set to expire.