White House Advisor Tempers Clean Energy Industry Hope For Tax Fix

White House economic adviser Brian Deese is downplaying the chance that lawmakers will shield the renewable sector from a proposed tax provision in Democrats’ budget “reconciliation” bill that the industry has warned could blunt the effectiveness of a separate set of proposed clean energy tax credits in the legislation. The remarks, concerning a measure to help “pay for” the bill’s roughly $2 trillion in spending, comes as Senate Democrats are continuing to push toward consideration of the broader legislation by...