Posted on 11/10/2023 4:42:08 PM PST by Libloather
The Senate narrowly passed a Republican-led measure on Wednesday aimed at cutting Beijing out of the supply chain for electric vehicle chargers — but which the White House argues would do the very opposite.
Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), Jon Tester (D-Mont.) and Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.) joined Republicans to pass the Congressional Review Act resolution, S.J. Res. 38 (118), by a 50-48 vote. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) voted against.
The White House on Wednesday pledged to veto the resolution, which would overturn a rule that temporarily waives some domestic content requirements for federally funded electric vehicle charging stations.
“If we’re going to spend $5 billion of taxpayer money to build electric vehicle charging stations in the United States, it should be made by Americans, in America, using American products,” the resolution’s sponsor, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), said on the Senate floor.
Several Democrats, on the other hand, argued that overturning the rule would mean the EV charger sourcing requirements revert back to a blanket waiver from 1983 that would mean fewer prohibitions against foreign-made products.
“If you eliminate this rule, as the Rubio resolution would do, it would remove all Buy America restrictions for EV charger purchases, allowing federal taxpayer dollars to buy chargers from China,” Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) said on the floor.
The United Steelworkers and the White House made the same argument against the measure.
“If enacted, S.J. Res. 38 would weaken Buy America requirements by reverting to FHWA’s general waiver...
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Biden will veto it anyway. So no real victory.
Big deal. Build the wall
I propose using no federal money for chargers and let the free market provide them.
This is the GOP-e, when it should cut out all non essential spending, it settles for giving away 99.99 percent of the loaf and calls it a victory.
It’s why even if Trump is elected again and has a compliant Congress, this country is screwed.
We’ll just go downhill a little slower...
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