The U.S. House advanced an effort on Friday to repeal an EPA rule that would effectively push gas-powered vehicles out of the U.S. marketplace.

The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday voted narrowly to repeal clean vehicle rules adopted in March to cut fleetwide tailpipe emissions by 50% over 2026 levels by 2032. House Republicans said the Environmental Protection Agency's final regulation would effectively push gas-powered vehicles out of the U.

The House of Representatives has approved a joint resolution that would do away with the Environmental Protection Agency’s tailpipe emissions standards, which Republicans have criticized as amounting to an electric vehicle mandate.

Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Wednesday muscled through three separate resolutions that would overturn contentious EPA regulations. The full committee