A Biden administration rule governing the production of electric vehicle chargers made from domestic materials is in jeopardy after the Senate voted Wednesday to repeal it.
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The 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law set aside $7.5 billion for EV chargers, a major component of President Biden’s climate change agenda that centers on ditching gas-powered cars for electric ones. The Democratic-controlled Senate voted 50-48 to narrowly pass the GOP-led legislation to scuttle the administration’s action. A simple majority was needed.
“It hurts American companies and empowers foreign adversaries, like China, to control our energy infrastructure,” the measure’s author, Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio, said earlier this year when he introduced it. “We should never use American dollars to subsidize Chinese-made products.”
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