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Article: SENATE BLOCKS GAS MILEAGE STUDY< SENS. SNOWE AND COLLINS SIDE WITH THOSE WHO WOULD PUSH FOR BETTER FUEL ECONOMY ON SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES.<
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- Portland Press Herald (Portland, ME)
- Article date:
- September 16, 1999
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By STEVE CAMPBELL Staff Writer
Portland Press Herald (Maine)
09-16-1999
FRONT
The U.S. Senate defeated a proposal Wednesday night that could have forced
automakers to produce more fuel-efficient minivans and sport utility vehicles.
By a vote of 55-40, the Senate voted to prohibit the Clinton administration
from even studying whether fuel economy standards for cars and trucks should
be increased.
Environmentalists have urged Congress to support tougher fuel economy
standards, given the dramatic increase of minivans and SUVs on the nation's
roads in recent years.
Maine Sens. Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins voted with the environmentalists
on Wednesday night, arguing that it was in the best ...
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