Senate votes to raise car fuel standards
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The Senate voted Thursday to require average fuel economy of 35 miles per gallon for new cars, pickup trucks and SUVs by 2020, raising efficiency standards that have not changed significantly for nearly two decades.
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The energy bill President Bush signed last week mandating tougher fuel-economy standards sent a simple message to automakers: lighten up.
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The Senate voted Tuesday to open 8.3 million acres of federal waters in the central Gulf of Mexico to oil and gas drilling, setting up a confrontation with the House which wants even more drilling in waters now off-limits.
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The U.S. Senate late on Thursday approved a broad energy bill to increase the fuel efficiency of U.S. cars and trucks by Congress for the first time since 1975 and significantly boost production of renewable motor fuels like ethanol.
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The Bush administration proposed upgrading fuel economy standards for passenger cars on Wednesday, starting a process that will bring close scrutiny from automakers, environmental groups and key members of Congress.
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The fight over higher automobile  fuel efficiency standards shifts to the House of  Representatives this week with big car companies regrouping  after a stinging defeat in Senate energy legislation.
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Six U.S. senators, including  potential 2008 presidential contenders from both major parties,  unveiled legislation on Friday that would force power plants  and industry to curb heat-trapping greenhouse gases, seeking to  cut emissions to one-third of 2000 levels by 2050.
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Democrats gave big increases to programs aimed at making cars and buildings more energy efficient and boosting research and development of alternative energy sources in legislation approved Wednesday by the House Appropriations Committee.
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The U.S. Senate approved legislation on Thursday that would for the first time in 30 years force automakers to produce vehicles that get sharply higher fuel mileage.
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The Senate voted overwhelmingly today to increase the federal minimum wage for the first time in nearly a decade, but added tax breaks for small businesses that are unacceptable to House leaders, preventing Democrats from claiming a quick victory on one of their top legislative priorities.
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The US Senate late Thursday passed a wide-ranging energy bill, a key priority of majority Democrats, which raised average auto fuel efficiency standards by 10 miles per gallon over 10 years.
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The Democratic-led U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to raise the federal minimum wage for the first time in a decade and provide billions of dollars in small-business tax cuts to help offset the cost.
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The Senate appeared set to approve a trimmed-back energy bill that will bring higher-gas mileage cars and SUVs into showrooms in the coming decade and fill their tanks with ethanol.
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The U.S. Senate approved compromise legislation on Thursday that would force automakers to produce vehicles that get sharply higher gasoline mileage by 2020, a cornerstone of efforts to reduce oil imports.
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Allies of the U.S. auto industry stepped up a campaign yesterday to soften strict vehicle fuel-efficiency mandates in proposed energy legislation before the Senate, even as momentum for the tougher measures continued to build.
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The United States was poised to adopt measures to reduce its dependence on foreign oil after the Senate on Thursday passed a bill that would raise fuel efficiency rules for vehicles and boost ethanol production.
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The US Senate has voted overwhelmingly to raise the federal minimum wage for the first time in nearly a decade, a major promise of new Democratic congressional leaders.