Will Congress pass a "tax extenders" package before the end of the year that includes the following:
(32 votes)
- Treasury Department grant program for renewable energy 9.4%
- Ethanol subsidies 9.4%
- Both 6.3%
- Neither 75%
Treasury Department grant program for renewable energy
"Despite all the tough talk about reducing spending, it is shaping up to be business as usual with respect to both the extenders and the approps bills."
Ethanol subsidies
"The 1603 grants barely made it through last year's cut, and another extension does not appear viable right now. The biofuel blender's credit will get cut again, but not completely."
"The ultimate survival subsidy—they may not last forever, but likely to make the cut this round."
"No way on either of them. In fact, chances of ANY extenders this year, except maybe the payroll-tax cut, are slim to none."
Both
"I can't imagine ethanol subsidies dropping out just before an election year—too risky for both parties, even though it's absolutely the right thing to do. And I'm going to be optimistic and say that 1603 will make it through by the skin of its teeth again this year, because it's got such strong industry backing."
Neither
"Dysfunction reigns! Nothing will get done."
"The age of big spending on marginal sources is over for now."
"What used to be easy in past Congresses is no longer easy, and the odds of an extender package are well below 50 percent."
"There is no momentum for ethanol subsidies whatsoever. Other energy extenders will likely be extended and retroactively extended sometime next year."
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