The governor is blocking Biden’s IRA benefits from Floridians. There’s not much Dems can do about it.
So far, the White House hasn’t publicly hit Gov. Ron DeSantis by name over the rejection of Inflation Reduction Act climate funds, perhaps in hopes that he changes his mind before time runs out next August. | Charlie Neibergall/AP PhotoPresident Joe Biden is offering one of his White House challengers hundreds of millions of dollars to spend in his state. The only problem: that opponent is refusing to take it.makes Florida eligible for some $350 million in energy efficiency incentives. But Gov.
Through a veto of his legislature’s request, DeSantis turned down $5 million to set up the rebate program for consumers who buy energy efficient appliances and retrofit their homes. It also effectively blocked $341 million to fund the program because the state would need the administrative money to apply for the program, according to people familiar with Florida’s budget process.
That leaves the Biden administration hoping Florida will reconsider — and that the IRA funding doesn’t snowball into a political litmus test for GOP governors as Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion, and the Obama administration’s high speed rail funding, did a decade ago.
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