We have been strong supporters of this Congressional Review Act effort because the automobile market is clearly interstate commerce. And Biden let Calfiornia take the lead to eventually ban internal combustion vehicles nationally.

Banning gas cars is wildly unpopular. This may explain why every House Republican and 35 House Democrats – the biggest bipartisan vote on a green issue in recent memory – voted to let Americans drive the car of their choice.

These are the 35 Democrats who voted yes, including two from California and six from New York:

Next up is the Senate. Maybe.

The Senate Parliamentarian is reportedly taking the puzzling view that even though the EPA has validly transmitted the waiver as a rule under the Congressional Review Act, the GAO’s legal opinion overrides that submission. This is despite the fact that the GAO’s report – issued at the request of Democrats seeking to sabotage this Senate vote – includes a footnote that confesses the GAO has no role once the agency has submitted to Congress: