Posted on 04/26/2023 6:24:57 PM PDT by CFW
The Senate passed a resolution on Wednesday to overturn a heavy-duty engines emissions rule implemented by President Joe Biden’s administration after Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) broke ranks with his fellow Democrats and instead joined Republicans in opposition to the emissions rule.
In December, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the new “Control of Air Pollution From New Motor Vehicles: Heavy-Duty Engine and Vehicle Standards,” which placed more stringent emissions standards over a “wider range of heavy-duty engine operating conditions.” The new rule was set to go into effect in March, but Republicans have been preparing to oppose the regulations through a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution introduced by Sen. Deb Fischer (R-Neb.).
Fischer’s joint resolution passed in the Senate by a vote of 50–49.
Just hours before the vote, Manchin announced that he would back the Republicans-led resolution to overturn the EPA rule.
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A good win!
Excellent. Biden will still veto it.
And the USSC can once again tell the EPA to stick its rules.
no such thing as a veto of a resolution ... Congress gave itself power to abrogate any administration rule within 90 days via resolution ...
WOW!
I did not know that a Congressional Resolution cannot be vetoed!
Thank you for that—in this case—good news!
thanks for the info
Please correct me if I am wrong: the House of Representatives is also required to pass the same resolution for it to go into effect.
I just found where Biden vetoed a different resolution. So it’s not clear as it stands.
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