Last week, President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law. This landmark law will deliver much-needed relief for Michiganders by ensuring Medicare and Affordable Care Act recipients see lower health care bills, families pay less for home energy, and more.
Special interests – like Big Pharma and Big Oil – fought hard against the Inflation Reduction Act and helped convince every Republican to vote against it – but Democrats stood firm, and scored a big win for working families.
It’s not surprising then that Republicans like Bill Huizenga (MI-04) and Tim Walberg (MI-05) voted against the bill—they’re beholden to special interests like Big Oil, Big Pharma, and insurance companies who lobbied hard against lowering costs for working families.
“Democrats passing this historic legislation was a win for the people and a huge loss for Big Pharma and Big Oil,” said Michigan Democratic Party spokesperson Alyssa Bradley. “Voters know that Republicans like Bill Huizenga and Tim Walberg voted against it because they cash checks special interest groups—and they’re going to be held accountable at the ballot box.”
Just this year, Bill Huizenga received $224,000 from insurance companies hoping to keep costs high.
And Tim Walberg received nearly $40,000 from oil and gas companies that didn’t want the pro-climate policies of the Inflation Reduction Act to ever see the light of day.
This is what the Republican Party stands for: the special interests that line their pockets, not the people they were elected to serve.
