House drops tougher auto fuel economy

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BTW, in case I missed something, has Congress passed (bill to the President, signed into law) anything regarding the environment, minimum wage, health care, or education? Anything at all?

I think a minimum wage bill passed, although it was coupled with various tax breaks as demanded by the White House.

The Democrats need to kick people like Dingell out of the party, though.  It's time that the automobile industries got told that they matter much, much less than the wellbeing of the planet.

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I have never really understood why environmental legislation has become a partisan debate, isn't it one of the very few things that the vast majority of americans agree on and is important for the well-fare of not only us but the entire world? (in addition to the coming generations)

Sorry, I just had to do my little West Coast, tree-hugging rant.

Corporations, as well as silly pet industries, are vastly over-represented in Washington.