61.   The administration has adopted that position and the Senate recently beat back an effort to raise the fuel standards.

62.   The administration at least will look at SUV fuel standards, though they clearly must be raised.

63.   The auto industry is concerned about fuel efficiency standards, the fluctuation of gas and oil prices and global trade among a host of issues pending in Congress.

64.   The amendment calls for a two-year study by the Transportation Department on the need for fuel efficiency standards and their potential economic impacts.

65.   The Big Three oppose any increase in these fuel standards.

66.   The bill was a setback for the auto industry, which has lobbied to allow the Bush administration, to decide on fuel economy standards.

67.   The Bush administration is opposed to setting new federal mandates for more efficient automobile fuel standards, which are opposed by the auto industry.

68.   The Bush administration, however, is strongly opposed to raising fuel economy standards.

69.   The compromise cleared the way for passage, but it also effectively killed an amendment that would have raised fuel efficiency standards much more aggressively.

70.   The Environmental Protection Agency is expected to set new diesel fuel standards later this year.