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   The Senate voted to overturn a Biden administration rule regulating   
   greenhouse gas emissions on the federal highway system Wednesday, with   
   three red state Democrats joining every Republican.   
      
   The rule would require local and state transit officials to set emissions   
   limits. It does not impose specific limits for those officials to set.   
   Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Jon Tester (D-   
   Mont.), as well as Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.), were among the 53 votes   
   in favor of Wednesday’s Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution. The CRA   
   allows a simple majority of both chambers of Congress to vote down a   
   federal rule.   
      
   The White House said President Biden will veto the measure should it pass   
   the House and reach his desk.   
      
   The Senate vote comes less than two weeks after Judge James Hendrix, an   
   appointee of former President Trump, struck down the rule, agreeing with a   
   coalition of Republican state attorneys general that it was beyond the   
   scope of federal oversight of the highway system.   
      
   Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), who co-sponsored the resolution, specifically   
   cited Hendrix’s ruling in a statement Wednesday. Cramer, Manchin and Sen.   
   Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) earlier introduced an amendment to a must-   
   pass appropriations bill defunding the rule, but it failed to clear a 60-   
   vote threshold.   
      
   While neither Sinema nor Manchin are seeking reelection, both Brown and   
   Tester face grueling reelection fights in November in states where former   
   President Trump is heavily favored. The two have voted for multiple CRA   
   resolutions targeting Biden administration environmental rules, including   
   one last May to end a pause on tariffs on solar panel components.   
      
   Transportation is the single largest source of greenhouse gas emissions,   
   which the Biden administration has pledged to reduce to net zero by 2050.   
   Conservation group Evergreen Action blasted the vote in a statement   
   Wednesday.   
      
   “If this measure is overturned, we would lose an essential transparency   
   standard to track dangerous climate pollution and a vital tool to hold   
   states accountable for spending tax-payer dollars in ways that accelerate   
   the climate crisis,” Evergreen Action state program director Justin Balik   
   said in a statement.   
      
   https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4587888-senate-votes-   
   overturn-biden-highway-emissions-rule-red-state-democrats/   
      
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