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Senators reach agreement on fuel economy
AP via MSNBC.com ^
| June 21, 2007
| Unattributed
Posted on 06/21/2007 4:52:15 PM PDT by gpapa
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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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Front Page News; Politics/Elections; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: cafe; congress; congressmorons; demagogues; demosocialists; dingell; energy; fuel; gasoline; govwatch; johndingell; socialists
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Veto bait!
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posted on
06/21/2007 4:52:17 PM PDT
by
gpapa
To: gpapa
60 MPG would be much better. Such fools!
ML/NJ
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posted on
06/21/2007 4:55:13 PM PDT
by
ml/nj
To: gpapa
Until their LIMOs get that kind of mileage, they can go to hell.
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posted on
06/21/2007 4:56:21 PM PDT
by
RasterMaster
(Rudy, Romney & McCain = KENNEDY wing of the Republican Party - Duncan Hunter, President 2008)
To: gpapa
Toon refused to raise CAFE standards, and I don’t recall the enviroweenies and the rest of the libs giving him a ration of excrement for his refusal...
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posted on
06/21/2007 4:58:14 PM PDT
by
mewzilla
(Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
To: gpapa
What the enviro-Loons and yes that includes the Senile-tors that passed the bill want us to drive.
The BMW Isetta
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posted on
06/21/2007 4:58:39 PM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
To: gpapa
I agree. Just ridiculous.
To: gpapa
35 mpg on what, though? If they are required to be E-85 capable and get 35 mpg on E-85, that’s gonna hurt.
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posted on
06/21/2007 5:00:02 PM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
(Brian J. Marotta, 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub, (1948-2007) Rest In Peace, our FRiend)
To: gpapa
The Senate voted Thursday to increase fuel economy standards to 35 miles per gallon for cars and SUVs"The fools on the hill" have voted that Issac Newton was wrong about mass & energy.
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posted on
06/21/2007 5:02:05 PM PDT
by
Uri’el-2012
(you shall know that I, YHvH, your Savior, and your Redeemer, am the Elohim of Ya'aqob. Isaiah 60:16)
To: gpapa
the first significant boost demanded of automakers
The consumer has been demanding cars that get better mileage and so far the Japanese have been happy to supply them. This bill sounds more like a problem for whatever remains of the U.S. auto industry.
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posted on
06/21/2007 5:02:16 PM PDT
by
P-40
(Al Qaeda was working in Iraq. They were just undocumented.)
To: gpapa
California tried a similar requirement that dealers offer a certain amount of “alternative fuel” or electric vehicles. Dodge sold electric golf carts at the dealerships. Haha!
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posted on
06/21/2007 5:04:06 PM PDT
by
EricT.
(The tree of liberty needs to be watered...)
To: NonValueAdded
My 4x4 crew cab, 5.3 V8, 2007 Silverado gets 21 mpg at 75 mph on a fairly flat road trip. I was astounded at this, but can hardly wait till I can buy one that gets 35 mpg.
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posted on
06/21/2007 5:04:07 PM PDT
by
umgud
("When illegals are banned, only greedy businesses and welfare providers will have them)
To: umgud
but can hardly wait till I can buy one that gets 35 mpg.It will fit in the bed of your existing truck :)
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posted on
06/21/2007 5:06:55 PM PDT
by
gov_bean_ counter
( Who is the Democrat's George Galloway?)
To: umgud
To: gpapa
Would somebody just handcuff and gag the U.S. Senate until 2009? These folks are worthless. They want to give us illegal amnesty, gas price hikes, now this?
Idiocy. Just idiocy.
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posted on
06/21/2007 5:09:00 PM PDT
by
Tall_Texan
(Global warming? Hell, in Texas, we just call that "summer".)
To: NonValueAdded
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posted on
06/21/2007 5:10:27 PM PDT
by
camas
To: BurbankKarl
“V8s are gone.”
They will die trying to get mine!!!
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posted on
06/21/2007 5:11:55 PM PDT
by
dalereed
To: gpapa
The Senate voted Thursday to require average fuel economy of 35 miles per gallon for new cars, pickup trucks and SUVs by 2020Why wait so long? Why not just implement the mileage increase for 2008? Gas is expensive right now. C'mon Congress, if you can mandate the increase by fairy magic, then the auto industry can fufill your fantasy by fairy magic.
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posted on
06/21/2007 5:12:01 PM PDT
by
Nomorjer Kinov
(If the opposite of "pro" is "con" , what is the opposite of progress?)
To: umgud
"My 4x4 crew cab, 5.3 V8, 2007 Silverado gets 21 mpg at 75 mph on a fairly flat road trip."
That's quite impressive considering the size of that engine. I'm getting about 35 MPG in a "mini SUV" (mini being the operative word) it's only a 1.6 engine.
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posted on
06/21/2007 5:13:01 PM PDT
by
ndt
To: gpapa
Our Congressmorons think they can dictate economics. That was tried in the former USSR and it proved to be a dismal failure. Apparently our Congressmorons haven’t heard the news yet.
To: camas
Google it and you’ll get 3,120,000 answers. Leave out the hyphen.
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posted on
06/21/2007 5:16:34 PM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
(Brian J. Marotta, 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub, (1948-2007) Rest In Peace, our FRiend)
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