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Originally Posted by gsxrpilot
A bill introduced in the Senate calls for automakers to raise the fuel efficiency their cars and trucks to an average of 35 miles per gallon starting in 2020. Also, automakers vehicles have to average 28.5 mpg by 2015 while increasing fuel efficacy by 4 percent yearly starting in 2011.
President Bush, who has said he doesn't believe the government should set arbitrary automobile mileage standards, is signing into law a requirement that motor vehicles meet an average 35 miles per gallon by 2020.
The measure passed by veto-proof majorities in both houses. The House passed the bill 314-100, with 95 Republicans joining Democrats in support of the legislation, after the Senate approved it last week 86-8.
"This is a choice between yesterday and tomorrow" on energy policy, declared House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., who had personally conducted the sometimes testy negotiations that led to the bill's approval in the House.
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Originally Posted by The_Blur
This is why I don't like Bush. He's a raging hypocrite who would gladly push in the backside of the Detroit automotive establishment for no apparent reason. There was no justifications. I can't wait for him to be gone from the White House.
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Did you not read the original post, The_Blur?
Or did you just not comprehend it?
Original post says:
Bush is against government mandated mileage standards like this one.
Both the House and the Senate approved the 35 mpg CAFE bill by margins big enough that it could not be vetoed by the President. He would have if he could have.
Female Democrat Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi was a major force behind the bill passing with big enough majorities to avoid a veto by Bush.