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Article: Senate votes for fuel efficiency hike
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- Charleston Daily Mail
- Article date:
- June 22, 2007
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WASHINGTON - Driven by anxiety over global warming and dependence
on foreign oil, the Senate passed a major increase in the average
fuel efficiency requirement for vehicles on U.S. roads - to 35 miles
per gallon from the current 25.
If enacted into law, the measure, which is part of a much broader
energy bill that passed the Senate 65-27 just before midnight on
Thursday, would be the first hike in the fuel efficiency requirement
for cars in nearly two decades.
Automakers would have to meet the new fleet-wide standard by 2020.
The bipartisan Senate vote gave a powerful boost to the long-
discussed proposal as the energy debate prepared to shift to the
House next month. And strong GOP support ...