Senate to take up bill to cut gasoline demand
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The Senate will begin debate this  week on legislation to reduce America&#39;s gasoline demand by  increasing the fuel economy of cars and trucks and boosting the  use of non-petroleum fuels like ethanol, Senate Majority Leader  Harry Reid said on Monday.
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid  said on Thursday he would scale back the controversial taxes in  a broad energy bill aimed at boosting U.S. vehicle fuel  efficiency to avoid a White House veto and appease Republicans  who were ready to filibuster the measure.
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Senators reached agreement yesterday on a proposal to increase automobile fuel economy standards to 35 miles per gallon, the first significant boost demanded of automakers in nearly 20 years.
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The Senate is expected to follow the lead of the House and pass a major overhaul of corporate tax law that would dole out &#36;136 billion in new tax breaks to a wide array of U.S. companies and provide a &#36;10.1 billion buyout for the nation's tobacco farmers.
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Gas guzzlers could become relics of the past and farmers may rival oil companies in producing motor fuels under a new energy law. Consumers also will save electricity Â and money Â from more efficient refrigerators, furnaces and dishwashers.
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As the Senate began debate on an energy bill, top Democrats were proposing to provide $10 billion in loans for plants that make diesel fuel from coal.
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Top Democrats on the Senate Energy Committee ordered a new inquiry on Thursday into the Interior Departmentâs program to collect billions of dollars worth of oil and gas from companies that drill on public territory.
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Bill that would speed rebates of $600 to most taxpayers heads to Senate with bipartisan appeal to senators not to jeopardize bill with changes.
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Congress is set to increase fuel mileage requirements for automobiles and SUVs for the first time in 32 years and President Bush has signaled he will accept the new mandates on the auto industry.
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Four Senate bills offer market-based ways to reduce emissions of greenhouse emissions.
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The Senate passed a sweeping energy legislation package last night that would mandate the first substantial change in the nation's vehicle fuel-efficiency law since 1975 despite opposition from auto companies and their Senate supporters.
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As motorists face near record gasoline prices, the Senate took up an energy bill Tuesday that would raise auto fuel economy standards for the first time in nearly 20 years and make oil industry price gouging a federal crime.
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The Senate passed an energy bill with overwhelming bipartisan support last night but only after a Republican filibuster threat forced Democratic leaders to ditch the bill's tax package, which would have extended tax breaks for wind and solar projects while reducing breaks for the biggest oil and gas...
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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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By H. JOSEF HEBERT and KEN THOMAS WASHINGTON - The Senate voted Thursday to increase fuel economy standards to 35 miles per gallon for cars and SUVs, the first significant boost demanded of automakers in nearly 20 years.
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A U.S. senator, citing high oil and  gasoline prices, on Monday said he will seek to delay for a  year direct U.S. government oil purchases to fill its emergency  crude oil reserve.
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The US Congress passes a "historic" energy bill to improve fuel economy and reduce demand for oil.