Senate passes bill to raise mpg standards
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Blog: If passed by the House, automakers' fleets will have to average 35 mpg by 2020.
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After decades of criticism from car owners and environmentalists, the EPA has revised its fuel-mileage estimates for new cars in the U.S.
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A group of House Democrats said Wednesday they would push a boost in gas mileage standards for automobiles later this summer.
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Lawmakers approved the measure by a bipartisan 344-51 margin on what might be the last day of their postelection session. Though not in doubt, passage was taking longer in the Senate.
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By TOM KRISHER DETROIT - With higher government fuel economy requirements looming and gas costing about $3 per gallon, Chrysler Group on Thursday announced new measures to boost mileage for its cars and trucks.
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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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Lawmakers treated the traditionally insurmountable opposition of the auto industry as little more than a speed bump on the way to the passage of an energy bill.
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The US Senate votes to increase fuel efficiency standards for all cars and SUVs sold by 2020.
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By AP  PORTLAND   A bill to expand the Mount Hood wilderness area by more than 128,000 acres was introduced Wednesday in the Senate in a bipartisan push to get it approved before the end of the year.   Sen. Gordon Smith, R-Ore., joined his colleague, Sen.
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All manner of automotive executives have found their way to Washington to lobby lawmakers on efforts to raise automobile fuel economy standards.
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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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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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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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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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The Senate gave tentative approval Tuesday to a bill that would create a special litigation fund to fight any lawsuits against state highways, such as the litigation that stopped construction of the Legacy Parkway.
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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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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.