US House Votes to Block California’s Plan to Ban Sale of Gas-Powered Cars

The U.S. House of Representatives voted on May 1 to block California’s plan to phase out the sale of gas-powered vehicles by 2035, although California Gov. Gavin Newsom said the vote was illegal. The Republican-controlled House voted to repeal waivers granted by the Biden administration that allowed California to ban the sale of gas-powered cars by 2035 and mandate the sale of zero-emission trucks. “The passage of these resolutions is a victory for Americans who will not be forced into purchasing costly EVs because of California’s unworkable mandates,” Reps. Brett Guthrie (R-Ky.) and Morgan Griffith (R-Va.) said in a statement announcing the vote....