Democrats warn GOP is weakening filibuster
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House Republicans passed their "big, beautiful" reconciliation bill early Thursday morning, sending to the Senate a filibuster-proof package.
The Senate voted on Thursday to block California’s first-in-the nation rule banning the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035, moving to kill the country's most aggressive effort to transition toward electric vehicles as President Donald Trump
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The Senate voted on Thursday to ax California’s phaseout of gas-powered cars, making a controversial move to sidestep the parliamentarian in the process. The vote was 51-44, and the measure
After the GOP-led House ignored rules to revoke the Golden State’s authority to implement the nation’s toughest vehicle pollution rules, Senate Republicans followed suit.
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Senate Republicans have voted to establish a new precedent that will allow them to roll back clean air standards in California, including a rule phasing out the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035
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Throughout the 2024 campaign, GOP senators shouted from the rooftops that they would preserve the tactic if they won back the chamber. Whoops.
In a 51-46 vote that fell along party lines, Republicans affirmed their ability to repeal the waivers, clearing the way for the first of three to be withdrawn on Thursday morning.
Democrats are warning of “profound institutional consequences,” claiming this would somehow undermine the filibuster. That claim is absurd and dishonest. In a letter to Republicans ...
The Senate on Wednesday cleared the way for Congress to block California’s plan to phase out gas-powered vehicles by 2035, after Republicans maneuvered around the chamber’s filibuster rules ...
But by Thursday night, the vote on the bill had stalled under threats of a filibuster and a split Democratic party. Lawmakers said an altered version is likely to come up for a vote on Tuesday. In its latest publicly released draft, House Bill 5002 is an ...