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Bill to block the EPA tailpipe rules for 2027 and later vehicles (S. 4072)

Senate vote · S. 4072 · On Passage of the Bill · April 18, 2024Free markets

Would have barred the EPA from spending money to enforce its new emission limits for cars and light trucks, which critics called an electric vehicle mandate. It needed 60 votes and got 52.

Liberty position: Yea
The Senate voted: 52 Yea, 46 Nay
Why Yea is the liberty side: A yes vote opposed a regulation that would push gas cars off the market.

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84 current members of Congress were in the Senate for this vote. Members who have left Congress are not listed.

On the liberty side: 43; 43 Republicans
Against the liberty side: 40; 38 Democrats, 2 Independents
Not counted: 1; 1 Democrat

On the liberty side

43 current members voted Yea.

Against the liberty side

40 current members voted Nay.

Not counted

1 current member missed the vote or voted present. Neither counts for or against a member.

Raphael G. WarnockD · Georgia · Senate · Did not voteF

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