Senate GOP Downplays Democrats’ Warning On California Waiver CRA Push

Senate Republicans appear to be downplaying strong Democratic procedural objections to overturning EPA’s preemption waivers for California’s vehicle emissions programs via the Congressional Review Act (CRA), though Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) is hedging on precisely how the chamber will proceed on the issue. Thune’s positioning comes after Democrats warned in a May 1 letter that use of the CRA to scuttle the waivers could backfire on Republicans, essentially upending the Senate filibuster and opening the floodgates to targeting a...