Senate Democrats released a report Thursday claiming Donald Trump traded billions in tax breaks and regulatory rollbacks to oil and gas companies in exchange for roughly $220 million in campaign and inaugural spending — but the subtext is plain: cheaper fossil fuel production undermines the green austerity program Democrats have spent years building.
The report, authored by Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, the ranking Democrat on the environment committee, follows Trump's reported ask at an April 2024 Mar-a-Lago fundraiser for $1 billion in campaign contributions. The senators say
