Panel to Revisit Law Protecting Small Gasoline Marketers
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By Dave Anderton Deseret Morning News  When gasoline prices soar, consumers have little choice but to pay.  Yet when prices begin to fall, an obscure Utah law makes sure they don't go too low.
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The heads of the domestic auto industry are pressing congressional leaders to revisit a plan to increase fuel efficiency standards that automakers say could hurt their industry.
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WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) - State and federal regulators need to widen their probe of the US insurance industry in order to protect consumers and the economy, New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer will tell a congressional panel Tuesday.
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Lawmakers returning from their summer break are expected to consider patent law changes that have pitted two of America's most invention-dependent industries against each other.
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The plan is seen by automakers as the most challenging regulation since Congress first created fuel economy standards in the 70's.
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A special commission is urging the government to raise federal gasoline taxes by as much as 40 cents per gallon as part of an overhaul  to ease traffic and repair roads
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The Transportation Department acknowledged Tuesday encouraging members of Congress to weigh in with the EPA on California's request to implement global warming controls on automakers.
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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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California is enacting environmental legislation that could shape the U.S. auto market.
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Lawmakers are talking about rewriting the eight-year-old landmark law governing the nation's telephone, cable and media businesses.
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The chairman of the U.S. House of  Representatives Financial Services Committee will this year  scrutinize the mortgage lending industry and draft new consumer  protections for credit card holders, he said on Friday.
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The House bill will look a lot like one that cleared the Senate last week, but it will omit issue of fuel-economy standards.
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A bipartisan group of members of Congress reintroduced legislation that would allow the federal government to regulate the tobacco industry.
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California voters will decide next week whether to amend a New Deal-era law giving consumers the power to file suit over unfair business practices, a statute that has been used to target businesses from Philip Morris to Microsoft Corp.
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The heads of Detroit's auto industry asked Congress yesterday to reconsider a proposal to increase fuel standards that the automakers say could hurt their industry.
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CHICAGO -- Small cars have been getting great copy lately. They&#39;re lauded for their anti-gas guzzling efficiency and improved safety features.
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By Stacey Eidson, The Bradenton Herald, Fla.  Jan. 30--MANATEE -- A proposal to ask state legislators to require emissions testing as part of a vehicle's annual license renewal has sparked interest, but might not get off the ground this year.