The Big 3 dilemna? Check Congress's garage.

From NBC's Carrie Dann The bailout of the American auto industry, now stalled after a flurry of brinksmanship last night in the Senate, has people in Washington looking high and low for a snapshot of what ails the Big Three.   One place to start looking could be the garages of United States Representatives.   About 100 members of Congress who lease vehicles through their taxpayer-funded House allowance have been driving American cars, many of them gas-guzzlers like the Chevy Tahoe, the GMC Yukon, and even a handful of pricy Cadillacs.    That is starting to change, thanks to new rules that require taxpayer-funded Congressional wheels to get greener. But in the midst of its failed attempt to save an industry that many lawmakers condemn for sluggish innovation, members of Congress may be choosing their new cars from a list of EPA-approved vehicles that's light on Big Three models and heavy on foreign competitors.  ...( read more ) (link)