This week, the Senate passed its version of President Donald Trump's tax and spending bill, dubbed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act in Trump's signature nomenclature.
As with most modern spending bills, the proposal is a bloated mess, larded up with so many extraneous provisions that it not only funds the government but also adds trillions of dollars to the deficit over the next decade.
But the bill also effectively kills fuel economy standards for automakers. Even for those who support better gas mileage and lower greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, this is good news.
