U.S. Senate vote to nix California tailpipe emissions standard blocks 17 other states

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

The U.S. Senate voted early Thursday to prevent California from enforcing regulations on tailpipe emission from new cars and trucks, upending state regulations for the nearly 40% of Americans whose states follow California standards.

The House has already passed an identical measure, meaning the Senate vote sends the resolution to President Donald Trump’s desk.

The 51-46 vote, with Michigan Democrat Elissa Slotkin joining all Republicans present to vote in favor, cleared a Congressional Review Act resolution repealing Environmental Protection Agency waivers that allow California to set regulations for emissions from cars and light-duty trucks.

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Democrats blasted the near-party-line vote for contradicting the Senate parliamentarian, who’d ruled the waiver that the EPA had granted to California to set its own tailpipe standards was not a regulation that could be rolled back under the Congressional Review Act, or CRA.

https://washingtonstatestandard.com/2025/05/22/repub/u-s-senate-vote-to-nix-california-tailpipe-emissions-standard-blocks-17-other-states/

[Basso8vb]

1. Fuck you, MAGA pieces of shit.

Our wrath will rain down upon you when this shit show is finally over.

Remember when these fucking assholes used to be all about "states rights?"

[Johonny]

2. Let's cut health care and increase smog

There will be no consequences, right?

[RandomNumbers]

11. No consequences for the billionaires

in their ivory towers with high powered air filtration and every other comfort and protection that money can buy.

The rest of us, don't matter.

[PCIntern]

3. Howcum when the Rethugs were the minority

in the Senate, they blocked tons of legislation but when we are in the minority, everything passes quickly?

[markodochartaigh]

4. Can we all do some

Thoughts and Prayers™ for senators Mansion and Cinema. I remember how steadfast they were in their support for the parliamentarian even when she nixed some of President Biden's provisions such as the ones on immigration and the minimum wage. They must be apoplectic.

/s

[OAITW r.2.0]

5. I guess we will never here the phrase "State's Rights" coming from a Republican again.

Same with "Family Values"

[fujiyamasan]

6. It looks like CA is suing the feds

I wouldn’t be surprised if this makes its way to the SC.

Occasionally Roberts and Barrett cross over, but I’d assume the usual 6-3 ruling siding with the federal government. Any guess as to the reasoning? Interstate commerce clause? Curious how this will be decided.

[Igel]

8. I'd guess supremacy clause

The EPA issued a waiver that allowed California to impose stricter regulations than the Congress-authorized EPA issued.

To roll them back just requires revoking the waiver. Oddly, that's an executive action as permitted by Congress, yet the courts seem to be saying that the executive has no control over the waiver and others say that Congress doesn't.

Personally, that tells me that some subset of the executive branch functions as its own branch of government, and once set in motion is untrammeled by pesky notions of accountability, checks and balances, and democracy. Democracy gets a say--one time and that's it. Rather like there are "democracies" where a president/caudillo gets elected once and says, "I am elected as president" ... And 20 years later is still "elected as president." (Abbas comes to mind. So does Hamas, even if those elected are now dead and their replacements are in charge ... sort of.)

[Cha]

7. Killing Earth and People ASSHOLES.

[Buckeyeblue]

9. This will be a big states rights case

Interesting if states can regulate abortion but not pollution.

[taxi]

10. These people are mindless puppets. Do a search for photos of the smog that once choked us

not so pretty are the pictures that come up when typing
images 1960's smog
into your favorite search engine

[roamer65]

12. California needs then to impose a state surcharge on non-compliant vehicles.

100 pct of sticker price should do.

[edhopper]

13. Remember when the Dems

Followed the Parliamentarian?

Guess rules only apply to us.