Democrats Celebrate Senate Energy Vote« Thread Started on Jun 22, 2007, 9:23am » --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Democrats Celebrate Senate Energy Voteread at source> http://www.npr.org/templates/story/stor ... 909NPR.org, June 22, 2007 · Senate Democrats celebrated passage of a bill aimed at boosting the use of ethanol and increase gas mileage requirements over a period of decades. The House plans to follow suit as early as next week.The legislation would require ethanol production for motor fuels to grow to at least 36 billion gallons a year by 2022, a sevenfold increase over the amount of ethanol processed last year. It also calls for boosting auto fuel economy to a fleet average of 35 miles per gallon by 2020, a 40 percent increase over current requirements for cars, SUVs, vans and pickup trucks.