Senate Republicans are looking to scrap a Biden-era rule that essentially allows Democrat-run California to impose an electric vehicle (EV) mandate across the United States.
Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) proposed a resolution on Friday that would repeal California’s “Advanced Clean Cars II,” which Biden’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) signed off on weeks before Trump’s second term, the Daily Caller News Foundation reported. The rule would ban the sale of gas-powered vehicles in California and 11 other states by 2035.
Capito proposed the resolution despite the Government Accountability Office (GAO) stating in March that the EPA waiver was not subject to the Congressional Review Act (CRA). Capito, who is chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, is arguing that the California EV
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