WASHINGTON - in 1998, the auto industry wanted Congress to deal with parts of the industry's agenda, such as a now-familiar bill for marking salvage vehicle titles and the still-formative idea of giving immunity to installers of on-off airbag switches.
But President Clinton made clear last week that industry lobbyists also must contend with his plan to begin cutting greenhouse-gas emissions - even though a newly negotiated climate-change treaty won't be submitted to the Senate for ratification anytime soon.
"We have it in our power to act right here, right now," Clinton said in his State of the Union address. "We have always found a way to clean the environment and grow the economy at the same time. And when it comes to global warming, we'll do it again."
Of course, the giant cloud of scandal currently hanging above the president's head leaves in doubt whether he will be able to move any of his proposals until lawmakers are satisfied that he has not committed impeachable offenses.
"It will obviously affect the legislative schedule, both from the …
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