Senate Republicans cannot force US Postal Service to scrap EVs, parliamentarian says

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Source: Reuters

June 23, 2025 12:26 AM EDT Updated 3 hours ago


WASHINGTON, June 22 (Reuters) - Senate Republicans cannot force the U.S. Postal Service to scrap thousands of electric vehicles and charging equipment in a massive tax and budget bill, the Senate parliamentarian said late on Sunday. The U.S. Postal Service currently has 7,200 electric vehicles, made up of Ford e-Transit (F.N) vehicles and specially built Next Generation Delivery Vehicles built by Oshkosh Defense (OSK.N).

USPS warned on June 13 that scrapping the electric vehicles would cost it $1.5 billion, including $1 billion to replace its current fleet of EVs and $500 million in EV infrastructure rendered useless and "seriously cripple our ability to replace an aging and obsolete delivery fleet."

Senate parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough, whose role is to ensure lawmakers follow proper legislative procedure, said a provision to force the sale could not be approved via a simple majority vote in the Republican-controlled chamber and will instead need a 60-vote supermajority, according to Democrats on the Senate Budget Committee.

She ruled last week that Republicans cannot use the bill to overturn landmark rules to drastically reduce vehicle emissions and boost EV sales.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/senate-republicans-cannot-force-us-postal-service-scrap-evs-parliamentarian-says-2025-06-23/

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REFERENCE - https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143482843

TALLY OF ITEMS STRIPPED BY PARLIAMENTARIAN SO FAR

(Agriculture Committee) - https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143482891
(Banking, Environmental, Armed Services Committees) - https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143482360
(Judiciary Committee) - https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143483730

[sinkingfeeling]

1. Hurray, but they'll still privatize the USPS.

[hildegaard28]

2. Republicans care

About nothing but destroying things. They don't have an ounce of concern for the carriers out there every day, suffocating in the heat of the LLVs, which are usually about 20 degrees higher than the outside temperature. We need to force them to drive those for a couple of weeks in the hottest parts of the US so they can understand, but even if they understand, it's doubtful they will care.

[kirby]

3. Senate doesn't care...

They have already ignored parliamentarian rulings. Just like Graham and Crapo are claiming they do not heed to count 3 trillion in expiring tax cuts as a cost.

[DENVERPOPS]

4. Since when

does this crowd care about the Rule of Law, The U.S. Constitution........

Just look at what DeJoy did when he destroyed all the mail sorting machines before the 2016 elections for fear of having the mail in ballots being mostly dem Voters.

And tons more stuff he did after that, even up to now, to Destroy the USPS and lead the way to privatizing it with FedEx and UPS.....
AND the point no one recognizes, would be the obliteration of one of the largest unions in the U.S., if not THE biggest Union....Double Whammy.

[Brother Buzz]

5. Elizabeth MacDonough is a straight shooter and the marmalade shartcannon is steamed he can't fire her directly

She's been taking a legal scalpel the Big Beautiful Bill, left and right.

Word is, the marmalade shartcannon is applying pressure to pub senators to can her.

[et tu]

6. hope she has protection

she will be kept busy with this regime