The Senate has voted to block California’s first-in-the nation rule banning the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035.

The Republican-led Senate moved Wednesday to overturn key Biden-era waivers allowing California to set its own vehicle emissions, a major blow to that state’s effort to regulate pollution from cars and trucks that could have broad environmental impacts for the rest of the country.

California is fighting back a day after the U.S. Senate voted to put the brakes on the state's clean vehicle policies.

Senate Republicans oppose California's car emissions rules, questioning the EPA's authority and potential nationwide effects.