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Politics : President Barack Obama -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: manalagi who wrote (24907)	6/28/2008 9:58:57 AM
From: ChinuSFO	Respond to of 149317

A series of posts for those who are trying to raise false rumors that Obama has not demonstrated his bipartisan behavior. =================================== The Gas Menagerie Obama leads bipartisan effort to raise fuel-economy standards By Amanda Griscom Little 26 Jul 2006 Is the sting of $75-a-barrel oil and the threat of World War III exploding in the Middle East enough to convince Congress to finally boost auto fuel economy? Probably not, but a bipartisan coalition of senators led by Barack Obama (D-Ill.) is launching an admirable new effort anyway -- the Fuel Economy Reform Act. Together with seven other senators -- Joe Biden (D-Del.), Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.), Norm Coleman (R-Minn.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), Dick Lugar (R-Ind.), and Gordon Smith (R-Ore.) -- Obama introduced legislation last week that would raise fuel-economy standards for cars and light trucks sold in the U.S. by 4 percent, or about one mile per gallon, each year. Its sponsors say the bill would reduce America's oil consumption by 1.3 million barrels daily within a decade; that amounts to 16 percent of the current consumption of America's passenger-vehicle fleet of 8 million barrels per day. The legislation would significantly revamp the structure of CAFE -- corporate average fuel economy -- standards, which have changed little since they were enacted in 1975. Instead of setting one target that each automaker has to meet for its average fleet-wide fuel economy, the bill would allow manufacturers to meet different efficiency targets based on their fleet mix of different-sized cars and light trucks. It would create a range of weight classes for these vehicles, with different efficiency standards for each classification. ...contd at grist.org

To: manalagi who wrote (24907)	6/28/2008 10:00:05 AM
From: Wharf Rat	Respond to of 149317

Which 50%?