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 Stories About: Barack Obama AND fuel efficiency AND legislation AND Muckraker AND politics
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The Gas Menagerie
Obama leads bipartisan effort to raise fuel-economy standards |
Amanda Griscom Little |
26 Jul 2006 |
Muckraker |
| 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. Barack Obama. Photo: Arnold Turner/WireImage. "It is possibly ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, fuel efficiency, legislation, Muckraker, politics (all these topics) |
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