USA Today has compiled an excellent list of questions and answers pertaining to the new House of Representatives Cash for Clunkers bill. The piece covers everything from the projected cost of the program (around $4 billion) to how the definition of a “clunker” changes from cars to light duty and heavy duty trucks. If you [...]
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The proposed Cash for Clunkers legislation in both the House of Representatives and the Senate has stirred up all kinds of discussion as to the program’s benefits or lack thereof. While we’ve covered a few opinions over the viability of various Cash for Guzzlers programs that have shown up in Congress over the past few [...]
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It’s been a busy week for Cash for Clunkers legislation in Congress. Rep. Betty Sutton (D-Ohio) introduced an amendment to the Waxman-Markey Energy and Climate bill that included a Cash for Clunkers-type program. Worked up as a compromise between two different House of Representatives bills, Sutton’s amendment requires new vehicles purchased under the program to [...]
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Despite last week’s news House of Representatives Democrats were close to forming a single, united Cash for Guzzlers bill, it may still be months before the legislation finds its way to law. Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., the chairman of the House Energy and Commerce committee, has made it widely known that he would like any [...]
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Despite the differences between the multiple Cash for Clunkers bills circulating in the House of Representatives, Democratic members of the House seem to be close to producing a single piece of legislation. Articles from the Detroit News and in Reuters say President Barack Obama met with the House Energy and Commerce Committee to discuss details [...]
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