Democrats Sherrod Brown, Harry Reid launch fuel-bill campaign

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Democrats Brown, Reid launch fuel-bill campaign
Sunday, May 21, 2006
Angela D. Chatman
Plain Dealer Reporter

U.S. Rep. Sherrod Brown of Avon, the Democratic candidate for the Senate, and Harry Reid, the Senate minority leader, launched a national campaign promoting new energy legislation Saturday.

Using the wind turbine at the Great Lakes Science Center in North Coast Harbor as their backdrop, Brown and Reid said the Clean EDGE Act of 2006 would help break America's dependence on fossil fuels. EDGE stands for Energy Development for a Growing Economy.

The legislation, which Democrats introduced in the Senate Wednesday, calls for the federal government to reduce petroleum consumption by 20 percent in five years and by 40 percent by 2020. It mandates that 25 percent of new vehicles sold in the country by 2010 be capable of using flex-fuels, such as ethanol.

The proposal calls for establishing regional reserves of oil and gas that would be more readily accessible in times of crisis...

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1. I think there will be lots of regional/state projects like this and hope t

he Dems talk the lead.

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2. Yeah, beat up Dewine on the energy issue !

In a prepared statement, Brown charged that Sen. Mike DeWine, his Republican opponent, has received more than $330,000 in donations from oil and gas companies during the course of his career.