The money for the projects in Monday’s announcement comes from the Energy Department’s Industrial Demonstrations Program, which was funded by the 2021 bipartisan infrastructure law and the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act.
Which in effect means that we’re reaping the benefits of having Democratic majorities in both houses of Congress during the 2020-2021 session.
We could have that if we had more and better Democrats; Joe Machin, bought off by the coal industry, insisted on almost-all-carrots legislation, and no Republican would step up to replace his vote.