Overview

• Senators Chuck Grassley and John Curtis placed holds on President Trump’s nominees Brian Morrissey Jr., Francis Brooke and Jonathan McKernan to press for clear guidance on wind and solar tax credit phaseouts.
• Holds entered on August 4 will stall the trio’s confirmation votes during the Senate’s August recess but do not permanently block their appointments.
• Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is expected to issue regulations by August 18 implementing the wind and solar credit phaseout mandated by the One Big Beautiful Bill.
• Grassley and Curtis insist the forthcoming rules must honor the statute’s 12-month construction window for energy projects to secure tax incentives.
• The action underscores rare intra-party conflict and highlights GOP senators’ use of nomination holds to enforce executive adherence to legislative intent.