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ELECTION 2004Kerry blaming Bushfor Kerry's own billBlasts president over carcinogenic fuel additive he helped promote Posted: December 10, 200310:56 a.m. Eastern By Diana Lynne© 2003 WorldNetDaily.com In a classic case of the political pot calling the kettle black, Democrat presidential candidate John Kerry blasted the Bush administration over failing to be accountable for the disastrous fallout of the use of a fuel additive deemed carcinogenic, without mentioning he was behind legislation that mandated its widespread use. Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., during televised debate of Democratic presidential candidates this week. (Courtesy: WMUR-TV) Trailing in the polls and eager to make friends in New...

<p>Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has asked the Bush administration to waive a gasoline additive requirement that California officials believes will cause a huge and wasteful increase in prices at the pump while impeding the state's air pollution efforts.</p> <p>Under current federal law aimed at curbing smog, the state must add an ``oxygenate'' to gasoline. But in 1999, California banned the oxygenate methyl tertiary-butyl ether, or MTBE, because it was polluting drinking ground water across the state.</p>

<p>WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Senate approved legislation Thursday that will double the volume of corn-based ethanol added to gasoline after rejecting concerns in California that the mandate could add a dime to the per-gallon pump price.</p> <p>The 67-29 vote came after a week of debate in which Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., fought unsuccessfully for a provision allowing states such as California to bar ethanol additives if they can meet federal clean air standards without it.</p>