Senate Efforts to Raise Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards
| Efforts to raise fuel economy standards | ||||
| 2002 | 2003 | 2005 | 2007 | |
| Vote | Senate Roll Call 90; Rejected 57-42 | Senate Roll Call 309; Rejected 62-35 | Senate Roll Call 157; Rejected 67-28 | Senate Roll Call 225; Passed 62-32 |
| Date | April 25, 2002 | July 29,2003 | June 23, 2005 | June 21, 2007 |
| Sponsors | Thomas Carper (D-DE) and Arlen Specter (R-PA) | Richard Durbin (D-IL) | Richard Durbin (D-IL) | Cloture vote on energy bill including fuel economy legislation |
| Provision | Require Department of Transportation to reduce oil use by 1 million barrels per day by 2015 | Increase fuel economy standards to 40 MPG by 2015; Exempted pick-up trucks | Increase fuel economy standards to 40 MPG by 2015; Exempted pick-up trucks | Increase fuel economy standards to 35 MPG by 2020; Eliminated lower efficiency standards for light trucks (SUVs et al) |
| Oil saved | 1 million barrels per day, or bpd, by 2015 | 3.1 million bpd by 2015 | 3.1 million bpd by 2020 | 1.2 million bpd by 2020 |
Source: OpenSecrets.org compiled by Center for American Progress Action Fund
