The EPW chairwoman is aiding her and Chuck Schumer’s legislation that would prevent rental car companies from renting out cars under a safety recall. Boxer is sending letters to the major players today asking for a voluntary pledge, which reads: “Effective immediately, our company is making a permanent commitment to not rent out or sell any vehicles under safety recall until the defect has been remedied.”
Hertz has already agreed to do so, and Boxer is giving Enterprise, Avis and Dollar/Thrifty 30 days to respond. After a month, Boxer writes, she “will announce at that time which companies have agreed to make this pledge and which companies have instead chosen to continue putting their customers’ lives at risk.”
QUINTET OF CONFERENCE QUESTIONS: There’s a lot to think about with the first conference on a transportation bill in seven years. Luckily Burgess and Kathryn break it down with five key things to watch this time around: Leadership involvement, Keystone, pay-fors, the scope of conference and that elusive bipartisanship.
TOMORROW: MAKE OR BREAK? This week the curtain will open on a transportation conference confronted with a make-or-break moment. If conferees, who first meet tomorrow, can’t come to a meeting of the minds on the bill before the election, then chances are good the bill just won’t get done this year. And that will mean starting over from scratch. Conferee Jerry Nadler said if things drag out into the lame duck, some items will have to be punted because it’s “going to be so chock-full of major issues.” And given the transpo bill’s history, it would be prime can-kicking suspect.
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