The Senate on Thursday cleared three joint resolution that would nullify EPA waivers allowing California to enforce its own vehicle emissions standards, including one waiver that allowed the state to effectively phase out the sale of new gasoline-powered vehicles by 2035.
The Senate passed, 51-44, a joint resolution that would block the EPA waiver issued in the final weeks of the Biden administration clearing California’s path to act on gasoline vehicles. Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., joined all Republicans in backing the joint resolution under the Congressional Review Act.
The Senate also passed, 49-46, a joint resolution that would nullify a waiver to set stricter nitrogen oxide engine emissions standards and passed, 51-45, a joint resolution that would roll back a waiver to set stricter emissions standards on heavy-duty vehicles. No Democrats voted for either of those two resolutions.
