Senate, Democrats and California
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Senate, California and car emissions
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The Senate took 10 votes Wednesday to approve procedural changes that allow it to take up three joint resolutions that would vacate EPA waivers allowing California to set its own vehicle emissions standards.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune and several other top GOP senators Tuesday pledged to vote to nix California's Clean Air Act emissions waiver.
Senate Republicans oppose California's car emissions rules, questioning the EPA's authority and potential nationwide effects.
The House on Thursday morning passed the GOP tax and spending bill full of President Trump’s domestic priorities, sending it to the Senate for consideration. Passage, by the slimmest of margins,
Subsidies for clean power would end years earlier in a giant tax and spending bill narrowly passed by the Republican-led House early Thursday, driving down shares of solar companies.