June 12, 2025
SALT LAKE CITY, UT – Utah Senator Mike Lee is supercharging an effort to sell huge swaths of public lands to private developers in Utah to pay for extending Donald Trump’s tax cuts for billionaires.
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May 22, 2025
Denver, CO – Early this morning, Colorado Rep. Gabe Evans cast a deciding vote to advance Donald Trump’s massive budget reconciliation package that would endanger Colorado's clean air and water, fast-track reckless oil and gas leasing and development, and raise costs on working families—all to give more tax cuts and handouts to billionaires and corporate polluters. With Rep. Evans' vote, the bill passed 215-214 and now heads to the United States Senate.
May 22, 2025
Washington, DC – Early this morning, House Republicans voted to advance Donald Trump’s massive budget reconciliation package that would endanger our clean air and water, fast-track reckless oil and gas leasing and development, and raise costs on working families—all to give more tax cuts and handouts to billionaires and corporate polluters. The bill passed by a single vote, 215-214, and now heads to the Senate where it faces an uncertain fate.
May 16, 2025
Washington, DC – Today, Republicans on the House Budget Committee failed to advance Donald Trump’s massive budget reconciliation package that would endanger our clean air and water, sell off public lands, and raise costs on working families—all to give more tax cuts and handouts to billionaires and corporate polluters. The bill failed by a vote of 16-21.
May 14, 2025
The legislation cuts programs to reduce pollution, innovate industrial sector & includes “pay to pollute” provisions
May 14, 2025
SIOUX CITY, IA - Today, Rep. Randy Feenstra, representing Iowa’s 4th Congressional District, voted to advance the House Ways and Means Committee’s budget reconciliation proposal, which included drastic cuts to clean energy, vehicles, and manufacturing project tax credits in the Inflation Reduction Act to fund tax breaks for Trump and his billionaire friends.
May 14, 2025
Washington, D.C. - Today, Republicans on the House Ways and Means Committee advanced their partisan budget reconciliation proposal, which included drastic cuts to clean energy, clean vehicles, and manufacturing project tax credits in the Inflation Reduction Act to fund tax breaks for Trump and his billionaire friends.
May 12, 2025
Washington, DC – Today, the House Ways and Means Committee included H.R. 9495 in their section of Donald Trump’s absurdly named “Big Beautiful Bill”.
In response, Sierra Club Executive Director Ben Jealous released the following statement:
May 12, 2025
Washington, D.C. - Today, Republicans on the House Ways and Means Committee released their draft budget reconciliation proposal, which included drastic cuts to clean energy, vehicles, and manufacturing project tax credits in the Inflation Reduction Act to fund tax breaks for Trump and his billionaire friends.
May 12, 2025
Washington, DC - Late last night, the House Energy and Commerce Committee released its portion of the budget reconciliation bill that will harm Americans in a variety of ways, from gutting Medicaid to slashing programs that protect clean air. The legislation is expected to be marked up in a committee meeting tomorrow.
May 2, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last night, the House Committee on Natural Resources unveiled its proposed section for the massive Republican energy, tax, and national security bill.
The sprawling proposal, released in the dead of night, includes dozens of provisions that would benefit the oil and gas industry and other corporations, at the expense of American families.
April 10, 2025
Washington, DC – Today, House Republicans passed the so-called "Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act” or SAVE Act, legislation they claim is an effort to protect elections but would actually further disenfranchise voters and add onerous steps to hinder eligible voters’ ability to lawfully cast their ballot.
In response, Sierra Club Political Director Sarah Burton released the following statement: