California's emissions rules face repeal in Congress
- Congressional leaders are challenging California's vehicle emissions mandates with resolutions to overturn them .
- A Biden administration waiver for California, approved in December 2024, allows a ban on new gas car sales by 2035 .
- Doug LaMalfa and others aim to repeal California's Advanced Clean Cars II and other emissions regulations .
- House Energy and Commerce Chairman Brett Guthrie stated, "The American people should choose what vehicle is right for them" .
- The Congressional Review Act process will address the mandate, despite the GAO's advisory role, as lawmakers test its scope .
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Republican Plan to Kill California’s E.V. Policies Stopped in Senate
Republicans in Congress cannot use an obscure legislative maneuver to stop California’s ban on the sale of new gasoline-powered cars by 2035, the Senate parliamentarian ruled on Friday. The decision dealt a blow to efforts by the Trump administration to quickly kill policies that promote electric vehicles. California had received a federal waiver under the 1970 Clean Air Act from the Biden administration to impose a stricter automobile emissions…
House GOP Seeks to Rescind Calif. EV Mandate Waiver
House Republicans on Thursday unveiled three Congressional Review Act resolutions that would reverse Biden administration-era regulations that seek to ban the use of gasoline-powered vehicles, heavy trucks, and diesel engines over the next decade. The Congressional Review Act allows lawmakers to review and discard some federal agency rules before they take effect. Both chambers need to approve any rule changes with a simple majority vote to send…
AFP Applauds Utilizing Congressional Review Act and Introduction of H.J. Res. 88 and Other Bills to Counter Biden EPA Overreach - Americans for Prosperity
Action Needed to Prevent Ban on Internal Combustion Engine in California by 2035 and Force Electrification on all Americans Washington, DC – Americans for Prosperity applauds the introduction of three resolutions to stop overreach by the Biden Administration’s EPA in granting waivers to California’s politically motivated environmental rules that would have ripple effects across the country. Enacted by Congress in 1996, the Congressional Review …
SCOOP: Congress barrels toward showdown over Biden-era rule letting California ban gas cars
FIRST ON FOX: A key House committee is moving to block one of former President Joe Biden's parting gifts to the U.S.'s largest progressive stronghold.Rep. John Joyce, R-Pa., vice chairman of the House Energy & Commerce Committee, introduced a resolution of disapproval on Wednesday night targeting a Biden administration-era waiver granted to California that would help the state realize its goal of a full ban on the sale of new gas cars by 2035.It…
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