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U.S. House members facing primary contests against a fellow lawmaker are getting campaign money from industries they oversee in their committee assignments.
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The U.S. railroad and trucking industries called a truce in their lobbying fight over increasing the size and weight of trucks allowed on interstate highways.
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A House panel voted to stop a measure written by its own chairman to allow 97,000-pound trucks on U.S. interstate highways and expand use of double- and triple- trailers in states that now allow them.
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United Airlines and Continental Airlines Inc. may need to cede some flights to win U.S. approval for the first proposed airline merger reviewed by the Obama administration.
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The U.S. auto industry, rejuvenated after the government’s $80 billion bailout of General Motors Co. and Chrysler Group LLC, is stepping up its lobbying and spending on political donations as the White House moves to boost fuel economy standards.
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United Continental Holdings Inc. and Delta Air Lines Inc. are among U.S. carriers that will gain as Republicans use their new majority in the House to scrap proposals to limit the outsourcing of maintenance work and to subject global alliances to antitrust enforcement.
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