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Slotkin joins Senate Republicans in rejecting California ban of gas-powered cars [View all]
Congress has approved a resolution rejecting a waiver granted to California by former President Joe Biden's administration that would have allowed that state and possibly others to ban the sale of new gasoline-powered cars, trucks and sport-utility vehicles by 2035.
But the fight over whether Congress' decision to do so — or President Donald Trump's efforts to stop California in its effort to block the sale of vehicles with internal combustion engines as a means of reducing greenhouse gases — is legal, is just beginning.
"We intend to sue the Trump administration," California Attorney General Rob Bonta said at a news conference on May 22. "This is unprecedented."
Earlier in the day, the U.S. Senate voted 51-44 in favor of a resolution already passed in the House to turn back the Biden administration waiver granted to California by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) about a month before Biden left office this January. That waiver allows the state to move ahead with a program requiring an increasing share of new cars, trucks and SUVs sold to be zero emission or otherwise penalize automakers.
Both congressional chambers passed the resolution after Trump's new EPA head, Lee Zeldin, asked for a legislative review under a law — the Congressional Review Act, or CRA — that allows the House and Senate to reject some agency-finalized rules within 60 business days of their being notified.
But the fight over whether Congress' decision to do so — or President Donald Trump's efforts to stop California in its effort to block the sale of vehicles with internal combustion engines as a means of reducing greenhouse gases — is legal, is just beginning.
"We intend to sue the Trump administration," California Attorney General Rob Bonta said at a news conference on May 22. "This is unprecedented."
Earlier in the day, the U.S. Senate voted 51-44 in favor of a resolution already passed in the House to turn back the Biden administration waiver granted to California by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) about a month before Biden left office this January. That waiver allows the state to move ahead with a program requiring an increasing share of new cars, trucks and SUVs sold to be zero emission or otherwise penalize automakers.
Both congressional chambers passed the resolution after Trump's new EPA head, Lee Zeldin, asked for a legislative review under a law — the Congressional Review Act, or CRA — that allows the House and Senate to reject some agency-finalized rules within 60 business days of their being notified.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/slotkin-joins-senate-republicans-rejecting-210302574.html
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