Senate Votes to Raise Mileage Standards
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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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Aching to go home and campaign, senators agree to a bevy of votes today to get their tax overhaul through. By Associated Press. WASHINGTON - The Senate late Sunday resolved a dispute delaying passage of a sweeping
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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 Senate pressed ahead Tuesday with a $106 billion transportation and housing bill rejecting President Bush's proposed cuts to Amtrak, housing programs and community development projects.
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U.S. gasoline taxes should be raised at least 25 cents over five years to pay for upgrades to highways, bridges and other transportation networks, a congressionally appointed panel recommended on Tuesday.
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Senators are now allowed to use taxpayer dollars to travel to the funerals of service members in their home states
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It was a good day for unions. A Senate committee yesterday approved a measure that would give collective-bargaining rights to about 43,000 airport screeners at the Transportation Security Administration. The committee's action followed House approval of similar legislation last month.
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BROAD LEGISLATION: An energy bill in the Senate 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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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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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.
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The Senate passed a bill on Monday that would allow the Utah Department of Transportation to increase speed limits by 5 mph on state highways.
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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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Some people are whining that the newly adopted 35-mpg fuel-economy standard will kill the muscle car. Don't bet on it. Meeting an average doesn't mean every car has to be average.
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A move to ban smoking in private vehicles received preliminary approval Tuesday, though several senators indicated they might change their vote the next time around.  With a vote of 16-9, the state Senate agreed to hear SB43, sponsored by Sen. Scott McCoy, D-Salt Lake, for a third time.
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By H. JOSEF HEBERT WASHINGTON - 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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A refresher course on getting better mileage
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A new approach is needed for setting fuel-economy standards, lawmakers said Wednesday as they considered changes amid concerns about global warming and the problems of struggling U.S. automakers.