Lawmakers Launch Early Capitol Hill Attacks On EPA Vehicle Proposals

With support from Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), Senate Republicans are ramping up attacks on EPA’s recent vehicle emissions proposals, underscoring political divides over emerging electrification trends and the agency’s efforts to encourage them in its pending rules for both light-duty vehicles and heavy-duty trucks. Those attacks include promised resolutions of disapproval targeting the rules under the Congressional Review Act (CRA), as well as an assertion that the rule violates the major questions doctrine barring transformational policies without clear grants of...