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Legislation Would Ground Recalled Rental Cars
KickingTiresA bipartisan group of U.S. senators last week introduced a bill that would prohibit rental-car companies from renting or selling vehicles with an open manufacturer's recall. The legislation, the Raechel and Jacqueline Houck Safe Rental Car Act of 2013,...Tags: Claire McCaskill, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, U.S. Congress, Rentals, Rental Service
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Daily News Briefs: May 10, 2012
KickingTiresAfter Wednesday's Carfax study showed more than 2.7 million used cars were listed for sale online with unrepaired recalls, pressure is mounting on rental car companies to repair cars under recall before renting or selling them. U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer.......Tags: Tesla, Car Repair and Maintenance Tips, Passenger Cars, Vehicles, Chrysler
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Senate women Dems' campaign checklist
The Swampby Matthew Hay Brown After a primrary season divided between two of their colleagues, the Democratic women of the Senate rallied together behind a 10-item Checklist for Change they said they would pursue through the rest of the election season.......Tags: Parliament, Political Candidates, Blanche Lincoln, Debbie Stabenow, Barbara A. Mikulski
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Facts: Welfare and Petraeus
Spin CycleOn a slow news day, two interesting fact checks: 1. In a new ad (left) designed to appeal to (white) working class voters, Obama features a reference to having passed welfare-to-work legislation, which slashed the welfare rolls by 80......Tags: Illinois, Interior Policy, Pension and Welfare, Laws, Max Cleland
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Bush lifts offshore drilling ban
The Swampby Katie Fretland In an effort to reduce pressure on oil prices and increase supply of domestic oil, President Bush today lifted a ban on offshore drilling. But that does not mean drilling will start immediately. An order by Congress......Tags: Coral Reefs, Executive Branch, Government, National Government, Disasters
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Durbin working through his grief
The Swampby Jill Zuckman This should be a joyous time for Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.), the assistant Senate majority leader. His close friend was recently elected president. Senate Democrats will return to work in January with their effective ranks swelled to......Tags: Parliament, Rahm Emanuel, Grant Park, Illinois, David Axelrod
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Senate Dems mull 'green' spending
The SwampBy Jim Tankersley You can't cross a street in Washington these days without bumping into someone with a 12-point set of recommendations for President-elect Barack Obama and the massive economic stimulus plan he and Congressional leaders are drafting....Tags: Upper House, Alternative Energy, National Government, Government, The New York Times
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Obama's 'culture clash' with Congress
The Swampby Christi Parsons and Peter Nicholas Barack Obama walked the halls of the Capitol as a senator for nearly four years, and in his earliest decisions following election assembled a coterie of key advisers with deep roots in Congress. And......Tags: Parliament, Carol Browner, Jeff Bingaman, Ken Salazar, Jack Kingston
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Obama enviro appointees face hearing
The Swampby Jim Tankersley A pair of President-elect Barack Obama's key environmental appointees are appearing before a Senate panel this morning - and perhaps set to shed light on the details of some of the new administration's plans to combat global......Tags: Regional Authority, National Government, Environmental Pollution, Government, Global Warming
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Chu beams into Senate hearing
The Swampby Jim Tankersley, and updated Only on Capitol Hill - and maybe an elite physics department near you - does a Nobel-winning scientist garner round-the-corner lines, an overflow crowd and a cascade of flashbulbs when he steps out in public.......Tags: Parliament, Renewable Energy, Energy Resources, Petroleum Industry, Jeff Bingaman
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Obama: Republican, Arab audiences
The Swampby Mark Silva In the world of the "post-partisan president,'' President Barack Obama's first trip to Capitol Hill today to press for his economic stimulus is a call on Republicans only. In the world of the "diplomacy first president,'' the......Tags: National Government, Government, George W. Bush, Republican Party, Heads of State
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Obama giving states emission control
The Swampby Ken Bensinger and Jim Tankersley President Barack Obama will direct the EPA today to reconsider a Bush-era decision that stopped California and more than a dozen other states from setting their own stricter limits on auto emissions, according to......Tags: Regional Authority, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Vehicles, Prius, Heads of State
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