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The Democratic California government is preparing to sue the federal government after the Senate voted to nix its electric vehicle mandate.<\/p>\n
On Thursday, the Republican Senate voted to roll back several key Biden-era waivers that allowed the state to set its own emissions standards, CNN reported. The vote undid a last-minute approval by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for California to phase out gas-powered vehicles by 2035.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis Senate vote is illegal. Republicans went around their own parliamentarian to defy decades of precedent. We won\u2019t stand by as Trump Republicans\u00a0make America smoggy again \u2014 undoing work that goes back to the days of Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan \u2014 all while ceding our economic future to China. We\u2019re going to fight this unconstitutional attack on California in court,\u201d California Gov. Gavin Newsom\u00a0said\u00a0in a press release.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith these votes, Senate Republicans are bending the knee to President Trump once again,\u201d\u00a0California Attorney General Rob Bonta said. \u201cThe weaponization of the Congressional Review Act to attack California\u2019s waivers is just another part of the continuous, partisan campaign against California\u2019s efforts to protect the public and the planet from harmful pollution.\u00a0As we have said before, this reckless misuse of the Congressional Review Act is unlawful, and California will not stand idly by. We need to hold the line on strong emissions standards and keep the waivers in place, and we will sue to defend California\u2019s waivers.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIf this gambit works, it will not be the last time this tactic is used,\u201d California Sen. Adam Schiff said as he accused Republicans of blowing \u201ca hole in the filibuster for the oil industry.\u201d<\/p>\n
Senate Minority Leader and New York Senator Charles Schumer was furious with the Republicans for circumventing the filibuster.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s going nuclear, plain and simple. It\u2019s overruling the parliamentarian. And second, what goes around comes around,\u201d the senator said to reporters.<\/p>\n
And New Mexico Democrat Sen. Martin Heinrich echoed the words of the Senate Minority Leader.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf Senate Republicans force a vote on the California Clean Air Act Waivers, they set a precedent that will allow Congress to overturn nearly any agency decision nationwide,\u201d he said before the vote. \u201cI urge my colleagues to reject this gross overreach.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBy opening this door, Republicans threaten to destroy our permitting and regulatory system, leading to higher energy costs for Americans and making it impossible for new developments to come online. Indeed, nearly every major and minor project the federal government touches could be stalled, creating significant uncertainty if not complete chaos. That is not what the American people want, and it cannot be what Senate Republicans want, either,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The Social Security Administration (SSA) has announced a new Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) for the upcoming year, designed to help recipients manage rising inflation and increased living costs. Millions of Americans, particularly seniors, are set to benefit from this adjustment.<\/p>\n
This year\u2019s COLA represents a\u00a03.2% increase<\/strong>, which is lower than last year\u2019s historic\u00a08.7% rise<\/strong>. Over\u00a070 million<\/strong>\u00a0beneficiaries, including retirees, disabled individuals, and others who rely on Social Security, will experience changes in their monthly payments starting in\u00a0<\/p>\n Based on current estimates, here\u2019s what you can expect from\u00a0Social Security benefits\u00a0by 2025:<\/p>\n The COLA is designed to help Social Security beneficiaries keep up with inflation. Rising living costs, especially for essentials like food, healthcare, and housing, disproportionately affect those on fixed incomes. While this year\u2019s increase provides some relief, many argue it may not fully offset actual expenses, particularly for medical care.<\/p>\n For more details on the Social Security COLA and how it impacts you, visit the official SSA website or check trusted resources like\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Democratic California government is preparing to sue the federal government after the Senate voted to nix its electric vehicle mandate. On Thursday, the Republican Senate voted to roll back several key…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20887,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hot-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2.watchtowatch.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2.watchtowatch.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2.watchtowatch.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2.watchtowatch.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2.watchtowatch.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20888"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2.watchtowatch.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20888\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2.watchtowatch.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2.watchtowatch.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2.watchtowatch.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2.watchtowatch.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}