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The Senate attempted to override the president’s veto of Senator Marco Rubio’s (R-FL) S.J. Res 38, a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution of disapproval, which would repeal the Federal Highway Administration’s tailored Buy America waiver and replace it with a general waiver. The CRA is an extreme and blunt tool that is being used by anti-environmental members of Congress who want to permanently strip away protections for our environment, communities, wildlife, and natural heritage. This resolution would hinder efforts to expand the electric vehicle charging network, while hurting U.S. manufacturing workers and communities. Since the establishment of the tailored waiver, electric vehicle service equipment (EVSE) manufacturers have announced more than $27 million in investments for new facilities across the country. Such investments have the potential to create good union jobs for workers building and installing EVSE equipment. The more general waiver that this resolution seeks to reinstate in place of the tailored waiver would slow down the EV transition at the expense of these same workers. On February 29, the Senate failed to override the veto of S.J. Res 38 by a vote of 50-47 (A two-thirds majority was required to override the veto; Senate roll call vote 61). NO IS THE PRO-ENVIRONMENT VOTE.
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