Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) is placing a hold on the Trump administration’s picks for key roles at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over Republican efforts to ax a California state rule

The U.S. Senate’s Republican leadership said Tuesday it would vote to stop California’s nation-leading push for clean vehicles, including a ban on the sale of gasoline cars, despite concerns that Congress doesn’t have the authority.

Senate Republicans are going on offense against Democrats’ claims that reversing California’s de facto national electric vehicle (EV) mandate would

The Senate may vote this week on legislation to undo California’s electric vehicle mandate, as time runs out on its window to do so without further hurdles. Most Senate Republicans are eager to quash the blue-state’s pro-EV policies, but doing so would defy the chamber’s rules referee and Congress’ watchdog.

Republicans are planning to break decades of precedent and overrule the Senate parliamentarian to undo a Biden-era environmental policy.

WASHINGTON D.C.– Senator Padilla has vowed to hold up four pending nominees for the Environmental Protection Agency until Congressional Republicans stop

Undoing California ... in the GOP-led Senate. Republicans are grappling with whether they have the authority to rescind a waiver former President Joe Biden gave the Golden State for its electric ...

WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans are developing a strategy to formally push back on certain Biden-era emissions waivers granted to the state of California ... (R-S.D.), the chamber’s leader ...