US EditionSenate votes to block California’s rule banning the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035
- The Senate voted on Thursday, 2025-05-22, to block California's rule banning new gas-powered car sales by 2035, sending the resolution to the White House.
- Republicans regained Senate majority and used a new simple majority vote process to reject state EPA waivers that enabled California's strict electric vehicle mandate.
- Governor Gavin Newsom along with environmental regulators in California have declared the congressional move unlawful and indicated they plan to file a lawsuit to uphold the state's emission regulations.
- Senate Majority Leader John Thune said the mandate affects the entire country, while Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer called blocking the rules a 'point of no return.'
- The Senate's decision challenges California's significant influence on emissions reduction and vehicle market trends, risking setbacks to national efforts to curb pollution.
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Republicans Set To Block California’s ‘Radical’ Gas Car Ban
On Thursday, the GOP-led Senate voted to overturn a Biden administration move that powered California’s green energy agenda for cars and trucks that 11 other states have sought to adopt.Fifty Republicans and one Democrat banded together to revoke the Clean Air Act waiver the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) granted in December to the Golden State that allowed it to proceed with a plan to ban the sale of new gas-powered light-duty vehicles b…
Senate votes to kill California's gas-powered vehicle restrictions
The United States Senate voted 51-44 mostly across party lines on Wednesday to repeal a waiver granted by the Biden administration's Environmental Protection Agency, allowing the state of California to enact its Advanced Clean Cars II Regulations. ACC II requires that 80 percent of new passenger vehicles sold in California by 2035 be zero-emission. Notably, the legitimacy of the vote itself was dubious, as the Senate parliamentarian — a nonparti…
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