Senate Republicans open new frontier in war on regs

By Joseph Lawler

Published April 18, 2018 5:00pm ET

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Senate Republicans open new frontier in war on regs — The House on Friday passed legislation aimed at curbing President Obamaâs use of executive authority to slow deportations of young people who arrived here as children. | (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

Senate Republicans ventured into new territory Wednesday by voting to cancel an Obama-era regulation on auto lending through complicated procedural maneuvering.

The upper chamber voted 51-47 in favor of a resolution to cancel 2013 guidance from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that applied anti-discrimination law to auto finance companies. Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia was the only Democrat to side with Republicans.

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