The Senate voted Thursday to eliminate a California emissions standards waiver in a 51-44 decision that required Republicans to effectively circumvent their own parliamentary rules. The vote targeted Biden-era environmental policies that allowed California to set stricter vehicle emissions standards than federal requirements.
According to Politico, all Republican senators supported the disapproval resolution under the Congressional Review Act, while Democrats opposed it except for Senator Elissa Slotkin of Michigan. The action represents the first of three planned attacks on clean vehicle rules that California passed and the Biden administration approved in its final months. These regulations include requirements to phase out new gasoline-powered cars by 2035 and mandate increasing percentages of zero-emissions heavy-duty vehicles over the next decade.
