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Issue record

Energy

In short

McCann's campaign backs more solar, wind and nuclear power and restoring clean energy tax credits. Huizenga's campaign backs more American energy from all sources. Barnett's campaign lists no position on this topic on the pages checked. On the record, McCann voted for two state budgets that funded a nuclear plant restart, with no separate vote on it; Huizenga voted for 2023 and 2025 laws on permits and new oil, gas and coal leases.

Campaign positions

What each campaign says.

Sean McCann

He wants more solar, wind and nuclear power in Michigan, the clean energy tax credits restored, and limits on data centers passing their power costs to customers. He opposes keeping old coal plants open.

Bill Huizenga

He wants more American energy production and an "all-of-the-above" strategy that does not pick winners among energy sources.

Shafina Che Barnett

No position on energy found on her campaign site, the Green Party's page for her or the public Facebook posts read October 1, 2026. Michigan Advance's voter guide prints no answers from her.

Evidence timeline

What the record shows.

  1. official action

    Bill Huizenga: Matches stated direction

    He backed a permitting law, a House-passed energy bill that did not become law, and 2025 oil/gas/coal lease sales. His votes do not establish lower energy prices.

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    His campaign says he has supported policies to expand American energy production. He voted for the Lower Energy Costs Act (H.R. 1) on March 30, 2023. It passed the House 225-204 and the Senate did not take it up. A revised version of its permitting section, the BUILDER Act, became law in the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023, which he voted for (roll 243, 314-117); that law also sped up the Mountain Valley gas pipeline. He also voted for the 2025 law (Public Law 119-21) that orders new oil, gas and coal lease sales. Limit: Three floor votes, two of them on laws. The campaign's further claim that his policies brought down energy prices was not tested; no record ties prices to his votes.

  2. official action

    Sean McCann: Matches stated record claim

    He voted for the 2023 and 2024 state budgets, which each held $150 million to restart a closed nuclear plant that fits Palisades, but cast no separate Palisades vote.

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    He says he supported funding in the Senate to help reopen the Palisades nuclear plant. He was one of three Senate conferees on the 2023-24 state budget, House Bill 4437, and voted for the final version on June 28, 2023 (26-10). It holds 150 million dollars to help restart a Michigan nuclear plant of under 1,000 megawatts that was in service on January 1, 2022 and no longer producing power. It became Public Act 119 of 2023. He was again a Senate conferee on the 2024 budget bill, Senate Bill 747, which added another 150 million dollars for the same restart, and voted for it on June 27, 2024 (21-17). It became Public Act 121 of 2024. Limit: The laws describe the plant without naming it; Palisades in Van Buren County is the plant that fits. The money depends on a federal Energy Department commitment. He voted for two whole budgets, not separate Palisades votes.

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Sources20 source records

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  1. Sean's Plan for Michiganhttps://seanmccannforcongress.com/issues/

    Sean McCann for Congress · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Campaign-controlled source. His issue positions and the claims about his own legislative record that the cards test. The page carries no date.

    candidate statement

    For: Sean McCann: campaign position; Sean McCann: Matches stated record claim

  2. Sean McCann releases plan to cut taxes and lower costs for Michigan familieshttps://seanmccannforcongress.com/sean-mccann-releases-plan-to-cut-taxes-and-lower-costs-for-michigan-families/

    Sean McCann for Congress · Published Jul 27, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Campaign press release with his cost-of-living plan.

    candidate statement

    For: Sean McCann: campaign position

  3. Issueshttps://huizengaformichigan.com/issues/

    Huizenga for Congress · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Campaign-controlled source: five issue sections. The page carries no date.

    candidate statement

    For: Bill Huizenga: campaign position; Bill Huizenga: Matches stated direction

  4. Issues: Energyhttps://huizenga.house.gov/issues/issue/?IssueID=23825

    Office of Rep. Bill Huizenga · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    His official House website's statement on energy. Undated.

    candidate statement

    For: Bill Huizenga: campaign position

  5. Shafina Barnett for Congress 4th District, home pagehttps://www.shafinabarnettforcongress4thdistrict.com/

    Shafina Barnett for Congress · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Her campaign site, linked from the Green Party's page for her. It lists four priorities. It carries no paid-for line, its other pages are empty or hold website-template text, and it names places in Macomb County, outside the 4th District.

    candidate statement

    For: Shafina Che Barnett: campaign position

  6. Shafina Che Barnett, 4th District U.S. Representative in Congresshttps://migreenparty.org/shafina-che-barnett-4th-district-u-s-representative-in-congress/

    Green Party of Michigan · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    The party's candidate page: an email address, a Facebook link and a campaign website. No platform or biography.

    endorsement

    For: Shafina Che Barnett: campaign position

  7. Shafina Che’ Barnett for Congress, Facebook pagehttps://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61593105305814

    Shafina Barnett for Congress · Reviewed Oct 2, 2026

    Her campaign page, linked from the Green Party's page for her. Public posts were read without signing in on October 1, 2026. Posts show a month and day but no year.

    social profile

    For: Shafina Che Barnett: campaign position

  8. Voter Guide: U.S. House, 4th Districthttps://michiganadvance.com/voter-guides/contests/4th-district-representative-in-congress/

    Michigan Advance · Reviewed Oct 2, 2026

    Read October 1, 2026. It names her as on the ballot for the Green Party; its candidate sections cover only Huizenga and McCann. No date is shown.

    original reporting

    For: Shafina Che Barnett: campaign position

  9. House roll call 182 of 2023, H.R. 1 (118th)https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2023182

    Clerk of the U.S. House · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Passage of the Lower Energy Costs Act, March 30, 2023: 225-204. Huizenga: Yea. The Senate did not take it up.

    official legislative record

    For: Bill Huizenga: Matches stated direction

  10. H.R. 1 (118th) as passed by the House: Lower Energy Costs Acthttps://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-118hr1eh/html/BILLS-118hr1eh.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Engrossed text. Title II, Permitting Streamlining, includes section 20202, the BUILDER Act, amending section 102(2) of the National Environmental Policy Act.

    official legislative record

    For: Bill Huizenga: Matches stated direction

  11. Public Law 118-5, Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-118publ5/html/PLAW-118publ5.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Enacted June 3, 2023. Title III, Permitting Reform: section 321 is a revised BUILDER Act (same name, same NEPA section, the same 150-page limit; it drops H.R. 1's limits on lawsuits). Section 324 expedites completion of the Mountain Valley Pipeline.

    official legislative record

    For: Bill Huizenga: Matches stated direction

  12. House roll call 243 of 2023, H.R. 3746https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2023243

    Clerk of the U.S. House · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Passage of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023, May 31, 2023: 314-117. Huizenga: Aye.

    official legislative record

    For: Bill Huizenga: Matches stated direction

  13. House roll call 190 of 2025, H.R. 1 (119th)https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025190

    Clerk of the U.S. House · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Final House vote on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, concurring in the Senate amendment, July 3, 2025: 218-214. Huizenga: Aye. It became Public Law 119-21 on July 4, 2025.

    official legislative record

    For: Bill Huizenga: Matches stated direction

  14. Public Law 119-21 (the One Big Beautiful Bill Act)https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ21/html/PLAW-119publ21.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Enacted July 4, 2025. Sections 50101 and 50102 order onshore and offshore oil and gas lease sales; section 50201 covers coal leasing; section 90001 funds the border wall and section 90003 immigration detention.

    official legislative record

    For: Bill Huizenga: Matches stated direction

  15. Journal of the Senate, June 28, 2023 (No. 63) (document)

    Michigan Senate · Published Jun 28, 2023 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Conference reports on House Bill 4437 (roll call 445) and Senate Bill 173 (roll call 446). McCann signs the House Bill 4437 report as a Senate conferee; the third named conferee, Bumstead, did not sign.

    official legislative record

    For: Sean McCann: Matches stated record claim

  16. House Bill 4437 of 2023 (Public Act 119 of 2023)https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Bills/Bill?ObjectName=2023-HB-4437

    Michigan Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Bill history: Senate conferees named June 27, 2023 (Anthony, McCann, Bumstead); the Senate adopted the conference report June 28, 2023 (roll call 445, 26-10); signed with line-item vetoes July 31, 2023.

    official legislative record

    For: Sean McCann: Matches stated record claim

  17. Public Act 119 of 2023 (document)

    Michigan Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    The enacted 2023-24 budget. Section 616 directs the 150 million dollar "targeted energy investment" to restarting a Michigan nuclear plant of under 1,000 megawatts that was in service on January 1, 2022 and is not producing power. It does not name Palisades.

    official legislative record

    For: Sean McCann: Matches stated record claim

  18. Journal of the Senate, June 27, 2024 (No. 64) (document)

    Michigan Senate · Published Jun 27, 2024 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Conference report on Senate Bill 747, signed by McCann as a Senate conferee, and roll call 330 adopting it, 21-17. The "Huizenga" voting no is state Senator Mark Huizenga, not Bill Huizenga.

    official legislative record

    For: Sean McCann: Matches stated record claim

  19. Senate Bill 747 of 2024 (Public Act 121 of 2024)https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Bills/Bill?ObjectName=2024-SB-0747

    Michigan Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Bill history: Senate conferees named June 20, 2024 (Anthony, McCann, Bumstead); the Senate adopted the conference report June 27, 2024 (roll call 330, 21-17); signed with line-item vetoes July 24, 2024; assigned Public Act 121 of 2024.

    official legislative record

    For: Sean McCann: Matches stated record claim

  20. Public Act 121 of 2024 (document)

    Michigan Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    The enacted 2024 budget bill. Article 16, supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2023-24, holds another 150 million dollar "targeted energy investment"; its section 811 ties it to restarting a Michigan nuclear reactor of under 1,000 megawatts that was in service on January 1, 2022. The governor's line-item vetoes do not touch it.

    official legislative record

    For: Sean McCann: Matches stated record claim