Dubey told Newsweek that many wealthy Indian immigrants split their financial assets, with roughly 70 percent staying in the U.S. and 30 percent going back to India. Since the first proposal of a remittance tax, there has been a steady outflow of money from the U.S. as immigrants look to avoid taxation at a later time when they head home for good.

Clean energy advocates were already bracing for a Republican-led bill that would phase out tax credits for wind, solar and other renewable energy as President Donald Trump and GOP lawmakers moved to dismantle the 2022 climate law passed by Democrats under former President Joe Biden.

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), unburdened by having to run for reelection, torched his party's "Big Beautiful Bill."