Senate Republicans on June 21 didn’t get the two-thirds majority support they needed to save their resolution to block the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from enforcing its new air pollution rules for heavy-duty trucks.
President Joe Biden vetoed the measure the previous week. The Republicans’ attempt to override Biden’s veto got only 50 affirmative votes in the Senate, including one from Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), who is traditionally energy-friendly.
The vetoed resolution, sponsored by Sen. Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), narrowly squeaked through the Senate in April by a 50–49 vote, with Manchin siding with Republicans and Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), who would have voted against it, being absent. It passed the House in May by a vote of 221–203….
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