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WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush wants auto mileage rules changed and he wants the authority to do it.
With gas pushing past three dollars per gallon, Bush says he wants Congress to let the administration do for cars what it recently did for trucks, vans and S-U-V's -- change the rules. Tighter gas mileage rules were set for pickups, vans and S-U-V's last month.
The so-called "CAFE" standards set average fuel economy requirements for automakers. Since 1990, the rules have said car companies must average 27 and a-half miles-per-gallon with their cars.
Aides say the president doesn't have a set plan for raising gas mileage requirements for cars.
U-S automakers would have 18 months to adjust to any new rules.
(Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
