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...response, desperate carmakers are now talking about asking Congress for new tax incentives, such as making interest on car loans deductible or granting tax credits for scrapping old cars - moves designed to encourage consumers to purchase new vehicles. And it's not just Detroit that's hurting. "We would be in favor of some kind of action if it was across the board," says Irv Miller, vice president of public relations for Toyota Motor Co., which saw its sales drop 26% last month in spite of ongoing zero-interest financing deals...
...spend, but Obama at least thinks green investment will create new industries and jobs that can't be outsourced. He told TIME's Joe Klein that energy will be his No. 1 priority if he enters office, and Obama's energy adviser, Jason Grumet, has said that if Congress fails to pass a national cap-and-trade bill, a President Obama might regulate carbon dioxide directly through the Environmental Protection Agency. "The stage is set for a wholesale change in the way the U.S. approaches climate change," says Terry Tamminen, former environmental adviser to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and director...
...clear that exists yet. (Bush gets the blame for ditching Kyoto, but don't forget that the Senate in 1997 voted 95-0 that the U.S. shouldn't sign onto the protocol in its finished form, and President Bill Clinton never brought the treaty to Congress.) It'll be up to the next President - with the help of a somewhat greener Congress - to change that, even as he copes with a hemorrhaging economy. But there's one bright side for President 44: He doesn't have much to live...
There are a few in Congress. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin is somebody conservatives might look to. He's been a young star in the House of Representatives...
...Florida Republican Governor Charlie Crist wants to scrap such machines, saying, "I get a receipt when I go to the bank or get gas, so why not for the most precious thing we have - the vote?" Though legislation was introduced last February requiring hard copies for "e-voting" results, Congress has yet to vote on the bill (known as the Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility...