This week, the U.S. Senate voted to block California’s emissions standards for cars and trucks after taking a procedural vote that defied the Government Accountability Office and the Senate parliamentarian.

The party-line vote allowed Republicans to use the expedited procedures and simple-majority threshold, forgoing the filibuster, under the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to override California’s Clean Air Act waivers from the Environmental Protection Agency.

Specifically, the Senate passed:

• H.J. Res. 87, that will prohibit California from setting stricter emissions standards on heavy-duty vehicles by disapproving the ‘‘California State Motor Vehicle and Engine Pollution Control Standards; Heavy-Duty Vehicle and Engine Emission Warranty and Maintenance Provisions; Advanced Clean Trucks; Zero Emission Airport Shuttle; Zero-Emission Power Train Certification; Waiver of Preemption; Notice of Decision”

• H.J. Res. 88, that will block the EPA waiver allowing California to effectively phase out the sale of new gasoline-powered cars by 2035 by disapproving the ‘‘California State Motor Vehicle and Engine Pollution Control Standards; Advanced Clean Cars II; Waiver of Preemption; Notice of Decision,’’ and

• H.J. Res. 89, that will block California from setting stricter nitrogen oxide engine emissions standards by disapproving the ‘‘California State Motor Vehicle and Engine and Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; The ‘Omnibus’ Low NOX Regulation; Waiver of Preemption; Notice of Decision’’

These CRAs all passed the House earlier this year and will now be sent to President Trump, who is expected to sign them into law soon.