Senate parliamentarian says lawmakers can’t overturn California car rules — but Republicans may try anyway

Plan to override CA gas car ban blocked by Senate parliamentarian

(The Center Square) - The Trump administration’s plan to override a late Biden-era waiver approving California’s 2035 ban on gas-powered cars — embraced by 12 states and Washington, D.C. — hit a major roadblock as the Senate’s parliamentarian ruled the…

California's Reckless Embrace of Green Party Ideologies Results in Gas Car Ban - Real News Now

The Trump administration valiantly attempted to intervene in California’s strikingly well-known mission to instigate a ban on all new gas-powered cars, bravely imploring Congress’s Republican constituents to prevent this rash regulation. However, due to the Senate parliamentarian’s decree, their noble attempts were thwarted, effectively thwarting their efforts to quell unnecessary regulations. According to California’s controversial plan, every …

Senate parliamentarian says lawmakers can’t overturn California car rules — but Republicans may try anyway

The Senate parliamentarian has ruled that lawmakers cannot use the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to overturn California’s electric vehicle mandate – but Republicans may defy the arbiter of the Senate’s rules.

Senate Republicans Move To Nuke California EV Mandate Despite Procedural Hurdle

Senate Republicans are plowing ahead to terminate a Biden-era rule that effectively allows California to impose a national electric vehicle (EV) mandate. The Biden Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) signed off on California’s “Advanced Clean Cars II” — which would ban the sale of gas-powered…

Republicans in Congress cannot use a dark legislative maneuver to stop California’s ban on the sale of new gasoline cars by 2035, on Friday the Senate MP ruled on Friday. The decision struck the Trump administration’s efforts to quickly kill policies that promote electric vehicles. California had received a federal exemption under the Biden Administration’s Clean Air Act of 1970 to impose a stricter automobile emission standard than that establi…

Are EV Mandates Right or Reasonable?

This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at UFL chapter. California wants to eliminate all internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles by 2035. Several legislative motions have been put in place since 2022 to kickstart the removal of ICE-powered vehicles and force new car sales to be 100% zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs). Whether you’re an early adopter of electric vehicles (EVs) or you’re a fan of rumbling gas-powered engines,…