Ignoring the GOA and the Parliamentarian's opinions, the senate votes to block Calif. EV rule

[j brown's body]

"The Senate voted Thursday to block California from enforcing a rule that would ban sales of new gasoline-powered cars in the state by 2035, a move that could have far-reaching implications for auto sales in a dozen states.
The vote marks Republicans’ latest effort to curtail state-level efforts to tackle climate change, even as President Donald Trump and congressional leaders have empowered states to set their own education policies and abortion laws."

Many, many paragraphs down the line, the story mentions this:

...Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-West Virginia) introduced a resolution to revoke California’s waiver under the Congressional Review Act, which allows lawmakers to nullify a regulation within 60 days of its enactment with a simple majority vote.

...In forging ahead with Thursday’s vote, Senate Republicans sidestepped legal opinions from two nonpartisan watchdogs. The Senate parliamentarian and the Government Accountability Office have concluded that California’s waiver is not subject to the Congressional Review Act, since it is not a regulation."

Link

So

1. States rights for me but not for thee
2. At least the filibuster is still alive, right?

 

[Lursa]

the GOP: "Selective states' rights"

 

[Loulit01]

Big Oil is very much bigger than states rights.

 

[Lursa]

Big Oil is very much bigger than states rights.

And Big Pharma and Big Insurance. The insurance lobby is the 3rd largest lobby.

 

[j brown's body]

The GOP is making the filibuster moot.

 

[CLAX1911]

"The Senate voted Thursday to block California from enforcing a rule that would ban sales of new gasoline-powered cars in the state by 2035, a move that could have far-reaching implications for auto sales in a dozen states.
The vote marks Republicans’ latest effort to curtail state-level efforts to tackle climate change, even as President Donald Trump and congressional leaders have empowered states to set their own education policies and abortion laws."

Many, many paragraphs down the line, the story mentions this:

...Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-West Virginia) introduced a resolution to revoke California’s waiver under the Congressional Review Act, which allows lawmakers to nullify a regulation within 60 days of its enactment with a simple majority vote.

...In forging ahead with Thursday’s vote, Senate Republicans sidestepped legal opinions from two nonpartisan watchdogs. The Senate parliamentarian and the Government Accountability Office have concluded that California’s waiver is not subject to the Congressional Review Act, since it is not a regulation."

Link

So

1. States rights for me but not for thee
2. At least the filibuster is still alive, right?

No State should be able to dictate what kind of car you own. Especially when they're trying to dictate that you have to own non-viable vehicles.

Essentially what California is doing is saying no more car sales in the state of California.

Good for the senate for having at least one brain cell 100% more than California's government.

 

[CLAX1911]

Big Oil is very much bigger than states rights.

I don't know where you get your information but most electricity is produced through burning fossil fuels. I don't think they would care if it's burned at a power plant or it's burned inside your vehicle.