How Republicans could pump the brakes on Biden’s ‘radical’ EV push this week

House Republicans are planning to bring legislation to the floor early this week to prevent President Joe Biden’s administration from implementing strict tailpipe emissions regulations on gas-powered vehicles and stop any future electric vehicle mandate.

The House Rules Committee will take up the Choice in Automobile Retail Sales, or CARS, Act on Monday, according to Fox News, and the legislation could make it to the floor for a vote by Tuesday.

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The CARS Act was introduced over the summer by Reps. Tim Walberg (R-MI) and Andrew Clyde (R-GA), which would specifically bar the Environmental Protection Agency from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing “the proposed rule titled ‘Multi-Pollutant Emissions Standards for Model Years 2027 and Later Light-Duty and Medium Duty Vehicles,'” which was published in the Federal Register on May 5.

The resolution would further stop the administration from attempting to minimize the types of new vehicles available for purchase by engine type. The EPA would also be required to revise regulations that impose such limitations in the next two years.

“The House must pass the Choice in Automobile Retail Sales Act to block a radical and unattainable federal EV mandate that will cripple our auto industry and forever make our supply chain reliant on China,” according to Walberg.

“If this mandate goes into effect, many American families will be priced out of the market, and we will cede leadership of this industry to China,” he added.

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The co-sponsors of the legislation at the time of introduction were Reps. John James (R-MI), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Neal Dunn (R-FL), Randy Weber (R-TX), August Pfluger (R-TX), Russ Fulcher (R-ID), Claudia Tenney (R-NY), John Curtis (R-UT), Keith Self (R-TX), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Troy Nehls (R-TX), Harriet Hageman (R-WY), Rick Allen (R-GA), Matt Rosendale (R-MT), Tracey Mann (R-KS), and John Moolenaar (R-MI).

If the measure is passed in the House this week, it will move to the Senate. In October, several Republican senators, along with Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), joined Sens. Mike Crapo (R-ID) and Pete Ricketts (R-NE) on companion legislation introduced in the upper chamber.