How the Big Beautiful Bill became law: Energy tax credits spark intra-party feud

Hard-line Republicans in the House had won. They’d taken a sledgehammer to former President Joe Biden’s tax credits for wind and solar projects in their House-passed bill, and they had President Donald Trump’s full backing.  That’s when Sen. John Curtis (R-UT), a first-term senator and former congressman who succeeded Mitt Romney, started fielding phone calls…