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...Rep. Michael Burgess, R-Lewisville, drives a Toyota Prius hybrid he bought four years ago. He said he supports bettering the environment, but he opposed Cleaver's amendment last year.

"It was so poorly crafted; it was vague, it wasn't explicit," Burgess said. "It didn't say everyone needed to drive a Prius, it just said a vehicle with a low carbon footprint.

"I thought it was another in a long line of relatively insignificant things that Congress has done in the past 14 months," Burgess said. "I'm disappointed the leadership can't do more than that."...more