Disturbing: House REJECTS Effort to Defund a KILL SWITCH Mandate For Cars, Allowing Government to Shut Off Your Vehicle – Here are the 57 GOPers Who Voted to Keep the Mandate
A host of GOPers on Thursday voted to allow the federal government to manually turn off your vehicle whenever it feels like it.
As The International Business Times reported, Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) authored an amendment targeting items in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 (H.R. 7148) for defunding.
These provisions fund the implementation of Section 24220 of the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which passed with the help of RINOS such as Mitt Romney and Mitch McConnell.
Specifically, Massie focused on a rule that critics have rightly called a “kill switch” mandate for vehicles. It ostensibly focuses on preventing drunk driving, but the slippery slope is perilous.
Per the International Business Times, here is how the rule works:
In 2021, the infrastructure law ordered that by 2026, all new passenger vehicles must include ‘advanced drunk and impaired driving prevention technology’ as standard equipment. The rule is firm: once impairment registers, the vehicle responds without delay. Moreover, lawmakers made sure that detection triggers immediate intervention.
Ahead of official rules, carmakers can rely on cameras, on how a person steers, or air sensors that spot alcohol. When signs appear that someone might not be able to drive safely, the system might stop the engine. Instead of waiting for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to act, some brands are already testing these checks inside vehicles.
Representative Harriet Hageman of Wyoming, who backed the amendment, previously characterised the mandate as ‘a massive and likely unconstitutional rule and an invasion of privacy on a greater scale than we are used to seeing from our government.
Despite the blatant tyranny, the House voted 268-164 to continue to give the government the power to shut off your cars.
57 GOPers rejected Massie’s amendment along with almost every Democrat, a development which Rep. Keith Self (R-TX) called “unbelievably disturbing.”
“Unbelievably disturbing,” Self wrote. “57 House Republicans just joined almost all the Democrats to ensure the government can shut off your car whenever it wants.”
Unbelievably disturbing.
57 House Republicans just joined almost all the Democrats to ensure the government can shut off your car whenever it wants. pic.twitter.com/iLztCUNC5h
— Rep. Keith Self (@RepKeithSelf) January 22, 2026
Below are the 57 Republicans who sided with authoritarianism and the Biden regime on the mandate.
Here are the 57 Republicans who voted to keep the kill switch mandate Biden placed on cars. pic.twitter.com/GpOwlNcLtw
— Daniel Horowitz (@RMConservative) January 23, 2026
Here’s a closer look:
A day before the vote, Massie asked a pertinent question for all Americans: “When your car shuts down because it doesn’t approve of your driving, how will you appeal your roadside conviction?”
The looming Orwellian automobile kill switch deadline threatens civil liberties. When your car shuts down because it doesn't approve of your driving, how will you appeal your roadside conviction?
I’ve offered an amendment this week to defund this federal mandate. pic.twitter.com/bhAM9CzSbW
— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) January 21, 2026
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