Nancy Mace voted against the Inflation Reduction Act, Joe Biden’s landmark climate law, but hailed Volvo’s boosting of electric vehicle production.Nancy Mace voted against the Inflation Reduction Act, Joe Biden’s landmark climate law, but hailed Volvo’s boosting of electric vehicle production.
The passage of the IRA, which includes vast tax credits and other support to bolster clean energy such as solar and wind as well as the manufacturing of components such as electric car batteries, was widely castigated by Republicans. Mace, a South Carolina lawmaker, called the bill “absurd” and a “fiasco” but more recently has issued glowing statements about the carmaker Volvo boosting its electric vehicle production and a scheme to further electrified public transit.
These attacks are already ramping up now that the House has a new speaker, in the form of Mike Johnson, a rightwing representative from Louisiana who hasmore money in donations from oil and gas interests than any other industry.