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Inflation Reduction Act

Manchin Defends Tax Credit for Gas Companies Following Lobbying by ‘Dear Friend’

Manchin Defends Tax Credit for Gas Companies Following Lobbying by ‘Dear Friend’

Manchin added a bill rider in July supporting the fossil fuel industry’s position on a major “clean hydrogen” tax credit after his longtime confidante Larry Puccio was hired to lobby by a gas company seeking the benefits.
David Moore, Donald Shaw Sep 21, 2023
The Fossil Fuel Industry Campaign to Dirty Up Hydrogen Fuel Tax Credits

The Fossil Fuel Industry Campaign to Dirty Up Hydrogen Fuel Tax Credits

David Moore May 19, 2023
GOP Energy Bill Authors Stand to Profit From Oil and Gas Stocks

GOP Energy Bill Authors Stand to Profit From Oil and Gas Stocks

Republican lawmakers who wrote bills that were wrapped into the H.R. 1 energy package own stock in Marathon Oil, Chevron, and family-held oil and gas drilling operations.
David Moore Apr 24, 2023
Corporate Dems’ Rapidly Growing ‘Dark Money’ Arm

Corporate Dems’ Rapidly Growing ‘Dark Money’ Arm

Tax documents reveal the group Center Forward received a record $18.8 million in 2021 and spent big to back conservative Democrats who bucked their party on drug pricing reforms.
David Moore Dec 22, 2022
How Manchin Capitalized on Being at the Center of the IRA Debate

How Manchin Capitalized on Being at the Center of the IRA Debate

The senator formed a new fundraising vehicle that lets him solicit larger contribution checks.
Donald Shaw Oct 19, 2022
Manchin Delivered 'Game Changer' to His Top Donor

Manchin Delivered 'Game Changer' to His Top Donor

A tax credit that Sen. Manchin secured in the Inflation Reduction Act was celebrated by pipeline company Enterprise Products, the senator's top donor.
Donald Shaw Aug 29, 2022

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