The Senate will vote as soon as Wednesday on legislation that would overturn the Trump administration’s repeal of Biden-era rules on coal-fired power plants.
S.J. Res. 188 from Senate Environment and Public Works ranking member Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) would reinstate President Joe Biden’s update of the 2012 Mercury and Air Toxics Standards for the coal- and oil-fired electricity sector. President Donald Trump’s EPA undid the rulemaking in February.
The resolution, introduced under the Congressional Review Act, is the latest Democratic effort to force a vote against the Trump administration’s deregulatory agenda. It’s likely to fail.
The Congressional Review Act allows lawmakers to undo rules and other administration actions by simple majority within a certain time frame. Republicans have used it repeatedly to scrap standards backed by Democratic presidents.
