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| Wed, 4 Jan 2006 16:00:00 EST SUVs: They feel safer, but aren't |
| Children are no safer in sport-utility vehicles than in passenger cars, reports a new study from the medical journal Pediatrics. |
| Wed, 4 Jan 2006 16:00:00 EST Senators hope to strip oil taxes from Katrina bill |
| Senators worried that new Senate-backed taxes on oil and gas firms will boost prices at the pump and curb exploration believe their effort to strip the provisions from Katrina Emergency Tax Relief Act of 2005 is moving forward.
"There's talk of getting them stripped out in House-Senate conference," says a lobbyist who is working the issue. But, he hedged, "no one really knows for sure." |
| Wed, 4 Jan 2006 16:00:00 EST Bush upbeat as year ends |
| President Bush and his White House strategists believe the administration is ending the year on an upbeat note and they see signs that 2006 will bring a recovery of the president's political fortunes. Vice President Cheney's breaking a tie in the Senate this morning to win passage for legislation cutting the federal deficit by $39.7 billion is the latest positive sign. White House insiders say this shows that the White House and the Republican majority in Congress can still work their will despite increasingly determined Democratic opposition and doubts about the president's agenda from a handful of GOP moderates. |
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