1.   And a House subcommittee voted last week for a small increase in fuel economy standards for sport utility vehicles, pickups and minivans.

2.   And it ought to set fuel economy standards that would require manufacturers to reduce the weight of the vehicles.

3.   As an example, one moves the administration could make is imposing higher fuel economy standards on the large and popular sports utility vehicles.

4.   As a senator from Michigan, Abraham was the top recipient of contributions from the auto industry, now preparing for a battle over fuel economy standards.

5.   Barton and Tauzin forged a modest but potentially ice-breaking compromise to increase fuel economy standards, while the White House remained silent on the sidelines.

6.   Automakers whose cars and trucks use alternative fuels gain credit toward meeting federal fuel economy standards, a significant incentive.

7.   But Armey says he does not know how a measure to increase fuel economy standards for SUVs will fare.

8.   But Gorton rejects those arguments, saying that the automobile industry predicted doom when the federal government first imposed fuel economy standards, and their predictions were proved false.

9.   Despite their many disputes, Gorton and environmentalists are somehow managing to work together on fuel economy standards.

10.   Detroit automakers in particular are already struggling to meet existing fuel economy standards as they sell ever more Jeeps and other gas-guzzling sport utility vehicles.