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<p>California lawmakers are at it again: using their legislative powers and the lure of the giant Golden State market to dictate what type of vehicles Detroit should build.</p> <p>This time, the California Senate is insisting that by 2009, automakers greatly reduce greenhouse gas emissions from cars sold in the state. The bill demands that the California Air Resource Board adopt regulations forcing a "maximum reduction" in carbon dioxide and other gases for all passenger vehicles.</p>

<p>He cloaked it in the shell of another bill, using budget chaos as cover.</p> <p>SACRAMENTO – Calls, e-mails and letters poured in - from former President Clinton, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, actors Edward James Olmos and Paul Newman, and U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman - urging California lawmakers to approve the nation's first law to cut tailpipe emissions of global-warming gases.</p>