Republicans in the Senate and House on Wednesday introduced Congressional Review Act resolutions that would nullify EPA’s recent climate rule for existing coal and future natural gas-fired power plants.

Opponents of the rule may have enough votes to clear the Senate, where such resolutions can bypass the standard 60-vote filibuster threshold. But it would likely be vetoed by President Joe Biden, as he has done with similar resolutions that have made it to his desk.

Background: The rule unveiled by EPA in April, Reg. 2060-AV09, requires existing coal-fired power plants that plan to continue operating in the long run to reduce their emissions significantly, likely either by installing costly carbon capture technology or shutting down.

Critics argue that carbon capture is not adequately demonstrated and cannot be the basis of emissions reduction standards. A number of states and utility industry groups are currently seeking a judicial stay of the regulation.

Details: The Senate version was introduced by Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), the ranking member of the Environment and Public Works Committee.

“This vote is an important one because the Biden administration’s Clean Power Plan 2.0 makes it clear it will stand with climate activists, regardless of the harm that is sure to be done to families, workers, and communities across West Virginia and the rest of the country,” Capito said in a statement.

Capito was joined by 42 Republican co-sponsors and fellow West Virginian Joe Manchin, who recently switched from being a Democrat to Independent.

Six Republicans have not initially signed on: Susan Collins of Maine, Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, Jerry Moran of Kansas, Rand Paul of Kentucky and Mitt Romney of Utah.

Republicans have taken to calling the rule the "Clean Power Plan 2.0" to tie it to the regulation struck down by the Supreme Court in 2022, although EPA does not call it that and the rule is significantly different.

Rep. Troy Balderson (R-Ohio) introduced the House version, which a spokesperson said has 138 co-sponsors.

“The Clean Power Plan 2.0 was created by and for extreme activists, ignoring the real-world harm it will cause to our electric grid and American energy security,” he said in a statement.

What’s next: With Senate Democrats unlikely to advance the resolution, its backers in the coming months will need to exercise their ability to force a floor vote. It would take at least one more vote to pass the resolution if all Republicans and Manchin support the resolution and all members vote.