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As Congress considers a massive $1.1 trillion omnibus spending bill, coupled with a $650 billion tax extenders package, the American Energy Alliance urges all members to vote against any legislation that extends the wind Production Tax Credit (PTC), the solar Investment Tax Credit (ITC), and fails to prohibit funds from being repurposed to the Green Climate Fund. According […]
WASHINGTON – American Energy Alliance President Thomas Pyle issued the following statement on the omnibus spending bill: “This lopsided deal is an enormous giveaway to big business and special interests. Eliminating the ban on oil exports is an important policy that will benefit the economy in the long run, but Republican leadership paid too high […]
When Paul Ryan accepted the gavel as Speaker of the House, he stated: “Neither the members nor the people are satisfied with how things are going. We need to make some changes, starting with how the House does business.” Yet it didn’t take long for those words to ring hollow, as the Republicans are again […]
WASHINGTON — Today, the American Energy Alliance launched a six-figure advocacy initiative urging Congress to eliminate the wind Production Tax Credit (PTC). This targeted digital and grassroots initiative follows AEA’s recently launched PTC Action Hub, and continues a sustained effort to drive House Members to support H.R. 1901, the PTC Elimination Act. Fifty House Members currently support this […]
New Initiative Encourages Lawmakers to Eliminate Handouts for Big Wind WASHINGTON — Today, the American Energy Alliance launched www.EndWindWelfare.org—a resource and activist hub aimed at eliminating the wind Production Tax Credit (PTC). With this new tool, which includes a legislative tracker and an action center, AEA will encourage lawmakers to support efforts to end this taxpayer-funded handout. […]
A debate in Washington over the reauthorization of the Land & Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) has brought up the often overlooked topic of federal land management. Many Americans may not know just how much land the US government owns. The federal government owns roughly 643 million acres of surface lands, tens of millions acres more […]
WASHINGTON — Today, the American Energy Alliance joined with Heritage Action for America, Club for Growth, and Americans for Prosperity in opposition to the Wind Production Tax Credit (PTC). In a letter to the House Ways and Means Committee, the groups urge against extending this taxpayer-funded subsidy and explain that the PTC will be an important factor […]
New Platform Ranks Members on Support for Free Market Policies WASHINGTON – Today, the American Energy Alliance launched a new interactive website for the American Energy Scorecard—the first and only free-market energy legislative scorecard. This new interactive platform educates lawmakers about the most important energy votes in each Congressional session and empowers the American people to hold their elected officials […]
WASHINGTON – Today, the American Energy Alliance launched the first phase of a six-figure advocacy initiative urging Congress to repeal the Renewable Fuel Standard. The initiative begins this week with print and online ads in CQ Roll Call and a series of online ads in Louisiana, North Carolina, Oklahoma, and Texas. The ads are the […]
Congress created the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) in 1956 to fund construction of the Interstate Highway System. The HTF is funded primarily though an 18.4-cent per gallon federal excise tax on gasoline. Funding for the HTF expires May 31, and with the HTF facing a budget shortfall, some in Congress have proposed raising the federal […]