You may have heard that I am not a fan of electric vehicles being jammed down our throats by the enemies of liberty, so this headline obviously excites me: “Senate sends measure axing California EV mandate to Trump’s desk — sidestepping parliamentarian.”
But it also infuriates me, because we are seeing the “Save our democracy” movement evolve into a bizzarro world where regulations written by bureaucrats, and which effectively serve as federal law, are immune from being overturned by Congress, the law-making body under the Constitution.
The reason it is so important to overturn this regulation is that it has effectively allowed California to determine vehicle standards for the whole country.
The Senate voted Thursday to axe California’s phaseout of new gas-powered cars, making a controversial move to sidestep the parliamentarian in the process. The vote was 51-44, and the measure now heads to President Trump’s desk; he is expected to sign it.
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