Senate lawmakers voted to reverse energy efficiency standards for walk-in coolers and freezers, sending it to President Donald Trump’s desk and spelling the end of yet another Biden-era energy regulation.
On Thursday, the Senate voted 53 to 42 on party lines to undo the Energy Department’s standards for walk-in coolers and freezers, which set requirements to limit the energy used by the appliances.
The resolution was passed through the Congressional Review Act, allowing lawmakers to bypass the filibuster and take a simple majority vote in both chambers to cancel regulations. Once a Congressional Review Act bill is passed and signed by the president, an agency cannot propose a similar bill in the future. The House passed the resolution last week.
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Republicans have argued that energy efficiency standards
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