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AttemptedAuto Industry & Clean Vehicles

Pledged to keep working to pass and sign into law the Vehicle Innovation Act, which funds advanced-vehicle research and development to create auto-manufacturing jobs in Michigan.

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AttemptedFact-checker reviewConfidence: 85%

All three cited sources are reachable and support the ATTEMPTED outcome. The PRIMARY source (peters.senate.gov) contains the pledge quote verbatim: "I'll keep working to get it passed and signed into law to create more good-paying jobs in Michigan and ensure our workers and companies remain on the forefront of mobility innovation," tied to the Feb 1, 2022 reintroduction of the Vehicle Innovation Act. Peters continued the effort by reintroducing the bill in the 118th Congress as S.1099 (introduced 03/30/2023), confirmed by the AIP FYI tracker (name, sponsor "Gary Peters (Senator D-MI)", latest action "03/30/2023 Introduced in Senate" all match). BillTrack50 confirms the bill was "Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources" (verbatim) and shows status "Dead 01/03/2025" — i.e., it never passed and died in committee. ATTEMPTED (genuine, repeated effort that failed for ordinary process reasons, with none of the "pass and sign into law" objective achieved) accurately fits and does not overstate the evidence. One minor caveat: the BillTrack50 citation's tail clause ("The bill did not pass; it died in committee during the 118th Congress") is a paraphrase rather than verbatim page text, but it is set off by an ellipsis and its substance is faithfully supported by the page's "Dead 01/03/2025" status, so it is not a material fabrication.

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