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Capitol Hill is a lousy place to sell a car but a good place to sell the idea of one, which is why on a muggy afternoon not long ago Rick Wagoner, the chairman and C.E.O. of General Motors, was standing on First Street next to a hydrogen-powered minivan. Every few minutes, a new senator would show up, trailing a cloud of aides, and Wagoner, smiling fixedly, would pop open the hood or offer to take him for a ride. His solicitude was in most cases unnecessary. "I believe that my kids and for sure my grandchildren will be driving these," Senator George Voinovich, of Ohio, announced to no one in particular before climbing into the driver's seat. Senator Byron Dorgan, of North ...