Late in March, Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives turned their energies to appliances. They passed two resolutions to strike down energy conservation regulations affecting the manufacture of walk-in coolers, and commercial refrigerators and freezers. The Energy Department finalized these rules near the end of former President Joe Biden’s administration.
The two resolutions now move on to the Senate and may well pass the notoriously dilatory chamber. They were passed under a procedure set by the Congressional Review Act, which provides a filibuster-free process for approval.
All told, Republicans have introduced around 60 CRA disapproval resolutions. The House has passed 11 of them, and the Senate has approved two. The upper chamber has spent much of its time voting on nominees.
But only two
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