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Published 1/9/2009 at Reuters: Politics
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Legislation drafted by a senior Democrat to impose stricter conditions on the Treasury Department's $700 billion bailout program would also create a "car czar" to oversee the U.S. auto industry restructuring, according to a draft copy of the bill released on Friday.
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