Oil and gas executives were big backers of the Republican president and his "energy dominance' message, but the trade fights he's picked are driving up their costs and threatening to undermine the economy.
The move comes just one day before a federal judge will hold a hearing in a lawsuit brought by one of the grant recipients seeking access to the funds the Trump administration had frozen while it probed the program.
Lawmakers are expected to start the difficult task this week of determining which of the credits are on the chopping block to help pay for the GOP's budget bill.
The Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund is at the center of a fight between the Trump administration and environmental groups seeking access to the funds that Congress approved under its massive climate legislation.
"Every president in American history has the right to have his or her own advisers," Republican Texas Rep. Randy Weber said at a POLITICO Playbook event.
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