• Most Popular
  • Most Shared

W.House: not proposing relaxing auto fuel efficiency

WASHINGTON
Sat Nov 15, 2008 3:50pm EST
General Motors auto workers leave the General Motors Powertrain plant in Warren, Michigan November 11, 2008. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Saturday said it was not proposing relaxing fuel efficiency requirements as part of efforts to speed up government loans to the ailing auto industry.

Barack Obama

White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said media reports saying that was a White House proposal were "false."

"The president proposed these efficiency standards, Congress enacted them, and we're in the process of implementing them. We are not proposing relaxing them," she said in a statement.

(Reporting by Tabassum Zakaria, editing by Jackie Frank)
Barack Obama


More from Reuters

Photo

Obama says U.S. will pursue plane attackers

KAILUA, Hawaii (Reuters) - A wing of al Qaeda claimed responsibility on Monday for a failed Christmas Day attack on a U.S.-bound passenger plane and President Barack Obama vowed to bring "every element" of U.S. power against those who threaten Americans' safety. | Video

» More Top News
Passengers pass security notices as they approach the departure gates at Gatwick Airport, in southern England December 28, 2009. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor

Travelers met with hassles

The U.S. is stepping up airline security measures following the Christmas bomb scare. Here's what you can expect.  Full Article | Video 

U.S.
Iranian protesters take a policeman away to a safe place after he was beaten by angry protesters during fierce clashes in central Tehran December 27, 2009. Credit: REUTERS/Stringer

Deaths, arrests in Iran

Is Iran's "iron fist of brutality" a new volatile phase aimed at crushing the refomist movement?  Full Article | Video 

World