Senate republicans voted to revoke California’s ability to self-govern on the matter of cars. Vote passed 51–44 despite warnings from nonpartisan legal experts questioning its legality. California’s 2035 gas car sales ban faces major obstacles after losing federal emissions waiver.

The Senate voted on Thursday to ax California’s phaseout of gas-powered cars, making a controversial move to sidestep the parliamentarian in the process. The vote was 51-44, and the measure

Senate Republicans advanced a House-passed resolution in order to block state regulations aimed at phasing out gas-powered vehicles.

Washington Governor Bob Ferguson's office criticized the Senate decision Thursday to block California’s rule banning the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035.

Congress has passed a measure to overturn California’s phased-in 2035 ban on the sale of new gas cars. The vote impacts 11 other states and the District of Columbia, which make up 40% of the nation’s car market and adopted California emissions standards.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate voted on Thursday to block California’s first-in-the nation rule banning the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035 as lawmakers passed the first of three resolutions to roll back the state’s vehicle emissions standards.

Nearly a mile deep, the Pacific Ocean volcano known as Axial Seamount is drawing increasing scrutiny from scientists who only discovered its existence in the 1980s.

The state is confronting what officials say is an unprecedented confluence of forces that will test its long record of enduring catastrophes, natural and otherwise.

Senate Republicans have voted to establish a new precedent that will allow them to roll back clean air standards in California, including a rule phasing out the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035.