Senate Votes to Block California Ban on Gasoline-Fueled Cars
Traffic moves along Interstate 80 in Emeryville, California.
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The US Senate voted to block a California program banning gasoline-powered cars and other vehicles by 2035, sending the measure to President Donald Trump’s desk for his signature.
The 51-44 vote Thursday rolls back an Environmental Protection Agency waiver issued under former President Joe Biden allowing California to enact emissions standards even stricter than the US government’s requirements to increase sales of electric and other zero-emission vehicles.