WASHINGTON -- Amid partisan sparring, a House panel has advanced a sweeping auto safety bill that critics contend is too tough on the industry. The legislation, approved 31-21 by the House Energy and Commerce Committee in the wake of the large Toyota recalls, now goes to the full House, where lawmakers hope to pass it later this year.
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 — Leaders in the House of Representatives have scheduled a test vote on a bill to provide U.S. government assistance to the financially ailing auto 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.
