"The effect of that petition was to bring this to national attention," she said. "It left them with

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SANTA CRUZ -- When three U.S. senators announced a deal with the top four rental car companies to ground vehicles under safety recall, a spokeswoman for Enterprise Holdings, the largest of the firms, credited the mother of two young women who lived in Santa Cruz.
It was announced Thursday by Sen. Charles Schumer, D-New York, who introduced a safety bill named for sisters Raechel and Jacqueline Houck last year. Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-California, is a co-sponsor, and Sen. Claire wellington hotel in new york city McCaskill, D-Missouri, represents the state where Enterprise is based.
Raechel, Advertisement 24, and Jacqueline, 20, who lived in Santa Cruz, rented a PT Cruiser from Enterprise in Capitola with a power steering wellington hotel in new york city hose that could leak fluid and start a fire, a defect under safety recall. A jury awarded the parents of the Houck sisters $15 million in damages, but until Thursday, Enterprise Holdings took the position that it had voluntarily changed its recall policies and legislation was not needed.
"The effect of that petition was to bring this to national attention," she said. "It left them with no other option other than to enter into negotiation and become a partner rather than an opponent."
The State of California Department of General Services changed its contract with Enterprise, with encouragement from Assemblyman Bill Monning, D-Carmel, banning rental of recalled unrepaired cars to government employees, according wellington hotel in new york city to Rosemary Shahan of the Sacramento-based Consumers for Auto Reliability and Safety.
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