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The Dems’ Detroit Dilemma: To Cave or Not to Cave on Emissions?

By | 12.10.08 | 11:55 am

As Congress and the White House wrangle over the conditions of a possible Detroit bailout, many Democrats want the conditional guarantee that, in return for the cash, the Big Three will drop lawsuits against California and more than a dozen other states that want to tighten tailpipe emission More…

Congress to Detroit: Want Your Bailout? Quit Opposing New Emission Standards

By | 12.05.08 | 2:13 pm

Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) offers a new angle today on the Detroit bailout, saying that he’ll support the plan only if the automakers stop trying to kill states’ efforts to tighten emission standards.

California has famously applied for an Environmental Protection Agency waiver forcing emission reductions of 30 percent by More…

The White House to Consider Congressional Sentiment? Is Someone Sick?

By | 12.03.08 | 3:31 pm

It needs no mention that the current White House has been among the most unilateral-minded administration’s in the country’s history. Indeed, President George W. Bush has bucked Congress on a long list of high-profile legislative proposals — everything from the farm bill to SCHIP — while also asserting More…