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WASHINGTON - Amid partisan sparring, a House panel has advanced a sweeping auto safety bill that critics contend is too tough on the industry.

WASHINGTON -- Federal spending on research into new vehicle technologies would be increased $216 million, including for hybrids and hydrogen fuel cells, under a bill a House committee approved Wednesday. The bill sponsored by Rep. Gary Peters, D-Mich., passed the House Science and Technology Committee on a voice vote and now goes to the full House.

WASHINGTON — The House voted today to require the government to review a number of auto-safety problems affecting children, such as backovers and power-window accidents.

WASHINGTON -- The House voted Wednesday to require the government to review a number of auto safety problems affecting children, such as backovers and power-window accidents. Transportation Department officials would need to consider ways of reducing blind zones in large SUVs and pickups, preventing vehicles from rolling away and making power windows safer.

WASHINGTON -- A House committee approved a bill today that would boost federal spending on research into new vehicle technologies, including hybrids and hydrogen fuel cells, by $216 million.