How Chip Roy’s demand for Biden energy law repeal is complicating Trump’s agenda

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House GOP leadership is in for a rollercoaster to get President Donald Trump’s “one big beautiful bill” passed with one of the smallest majorities in history as a Texas GOP firebrand calls for a full repeal of former President Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act.

Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX), a notorious budget hawk, whose vote on Trump’s agenda will most likely teeter on whether the legislation includes a full repeal of the IRA. Budget hawks argue the repeal will be used to pay for the tax cuts expected in the forthcoming massive budget reconciliation package.

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