House Republicans are looking to continue their assault on the Biden administration’s climate rules next week with a vote to roll back what they call a de facto “electric vehicle mandate.”
GOP leaders are eyeing a vote on a Congressional Review Act resolution from Michigan Republican Rep. John James that would nullify EPA’s tailpipe emissions rule for cars and small trucks, according to a person familiar with the planning.
H.J. Res. 136 would block the rule that EPA finalized in April, which aims to set vehicle emissions caps so low that automakers could be forced to rely on increased EV production to comply. EPA has estimated that the rule will result in electric vehicles making up almost 70 percent of new car sales by 2032.
“Michigan is not afraid of the future, but we demand to be a part of it,” James, a first-year member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, said in a statement when he introduced the CRA resolution in May.
